Lloyds Bank Foundation Racial Equity Programme

Lloyds Bank Foundation is providing 42 unrestricted grants of £75,000 over three years (£25,000 per year) with tailored development support to small, local and specialist registered charities and community interest companies which are led by and working with people who are experiencing economic inequity because of the race or ethnicity. Applicants must have:

• an annual income of between £25,000 and £500,000
• a track record of directly delivering services for at least one year to people (aged 18 and over) from racially minoritised communities experiencing significant economic disadvantage
• support people over the long term and support people to strengthen their immediate personal or financial circumstances and then support them to make progress towards achieving their employment/career aspirations and ambitions
• be led by and working for communities experiencing inequity due to their race or ethnicity (at least 75% Directors/Trustees & 50% staff self-identify as belonging to communities being supported)
• be delivering culturally appropriate services that are developed in response to community needs
• ensure that people with lived experiences of the issues being addressed by organisation are at the centre of the designing, developing, and managing the services being provided.