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Supporting disadvantaged people and communities for
over 26 years
Sara CooneyGrant Manager, South Central England and London
A leading community grant maker
• A registered charity
• Independently run
• Income deeded from Lloyds Banking Group - £25m per year for 2013
• Since inception over £312m invested in over 42,000 charities
At the heart of our work
Supporting small & medium charities that help disadvantaged people who live in England or Wales to play a fuller role in the community
Our focus is on lasting change
• Support for charities that deliver lasting changes for individuals and/or communities
• Charities must show tangible changes for users
Funding Across the Regions
• In 2012, the Foundation awarded 841 grants, investing over £20.5 million across England and Wales
• 50% of our funding is invested in the 20% most deprived areas
• 75% of funding goes towards core costs such as salaries, rent and utilities
2012 Funding in East Berkshire
• Slough Immigration Aid Unit received £23,900 towards an immigration advisor’s salary
• £26,300 to Berkshire Autistic Society supporting its Parent to Parent Post Diagnosis Support Project
• £25,000 awarded to Innersense towards salary costs supporting its multisensory theatrical workshop programme for people with learning disabilities
Our Funding Programmes •Community Programme
•The community programme focuses on funding work that helps disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in the community.
Our Funding Programmes
• We also run issue-based programmes that fund charities specialising in particular areas– In 2012 we ran a new Older People’s Programme for
charities whose work encourages empowerment and independence of older people
– £2.1m was awarded to 15 charities
• Previous programmes have focussed on supporting people in contact with the criminal justice system including young offenders, ex-offenders and offenders with mental health issues
We focus on charities’ needs and delivering lasting change
• Support for charities with a track record of service delivery
• Established and/or new work • Core costs including salaries so
charities can deliver core services• Projects that build on charities’ core
purposes• Support for charities that can show
lasting measurable changes for service users
• 1-3 year grants that are appropriate to the size of the charity
Our focus – who we don’t fund
• Organisations that are not registered charities • Charities that mainly work overseas• Charities that mainly give funds to other charities,
individuals or other organisations• Hospitals, hospices or medical centres• Rescue services• Schools, colleges and universities • Charities with more than 12 months running costs in
their free reserves
Our focus – what we don’t fund
• Activities for which a statutory body is responsible
• Capital projects, equipment, appeals, refurbishments
• Environmental work, expeditions/overseas travel,
• Holidays or trips.
• Work promoting religion
• Loans or business finance, sponsorship or funding towards a marketing appeal or fundraising activities
• Medical research, funding for medical equipment or health treatments
• Work with animals or to promote animal welfare
How to apply to ourCommunity Programme
1. Visit our website for information on our funding programmes: www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
2. For our Community programme, complete our on-line charity eligibility questionnaire or call us on 0870 411 1223 to complete it for you
3. If your charity is eligible, we will call to discuss whether your work is eligible and your potential application
4. Assessment Visit5. Application Form6. Decision7. Monitoring
What we look for in a well run organisation
• Good governance• Good support for staff and
volunteer development• Well managed finances• Planning for the charity’s future• Understanding of the needs of
service users with services responding to these
• Good networking/external relationships
• Ability to describe and demonstrate the difference your work makes to your service users
• Commitment to quality
What we are looking for in an application
• A well planned proposal responding to an identified need
• An understanding of your service users• A well thought out delivery plan and budget• A clear identification of the changes and benefits
it will deliver for your service users and the objectives you aim to achieve
• Details of how you will monitor and measure your progress in achieving your objectives
Before you contact us• Do your homework and plan
a proper timetable
• Be clear about what you’re seeking funding for
• Does your funding need fit with our funding criteria and priorities. Not all funders are the right funder for everyone
Tips to help your application
• Be realistic in your request and in your proposal
• Build an evidence base – we’ll want to see how you monitor the changes and benefits experienced by users
• Ask someone to check your application before you send it
Contact details
For information on our programmes and to check if you are eligible for funding, visit our website
www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk
For general enquiries, please call 0870 411 1223or e-mail: [email protected]
Sara CooneyGrant Manager,
South Central England and London Direct Line: 07872 031793
email: [email protected]