This funding is focused on supporting small, local, specialist charities that understand the complexity of the issues people face and are best placed to make a genuine difference to people’s lives.  

Specialist charities with an income of between £25,000 and £500,000 can can apply for three-year unrestricted grants of £75,000.

There are eight themes to this funding of:

• Addiction
• Asylum Seekers and Refugees
• Care Leavers
• Domestic Abuse
• Homelessness
• Offending
• Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
• Trafficking and Modern Slavery

In total, 84 grants will be made under this programme in 2024.

To apply, your organisation must be able a registered charity or CIO and be able to demonstrate in-depth services, person-centred services and personal plans for the people you support.

Priority will be given to those which demonstrate a deep understanding of additional barriers and a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion , as well as lived experience/service user involvement, trauma-informed work and strengths-based practice.   

The Foundation is also keen to work with charities that can benefit the most from partnering with them, which includes funding, support to develop, and access to resources.    

A Q&A webinar is being held on 9 November 2023 to go through the eligibility criteria and answer questions.

You can also schedule a 30 minute appointment to speak to someone from their team before you submit an application.  

If you need documents in a different format, eg. Easy Read, contact the Foundation by Friday 15 December 2023 at the latest.  Accessibility support up to £500 can be provided to apply for this programme, such as a scribe or BSL interpreter.  

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday 25 January 2024.

Find out more and apply at the Lloyds Bank Foundation Specialist Programme webpage.