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Regional development, charities and communities

We're committed to supporting the UK's regions and communities, supporting the regeneration of low-income areas, addressing disparities, and fostering investment and growth.

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Lloyds Banking Group has its origins firmly rooted in the regions and nations of the UK. Whether that's through our support for local businesses, charity partnerships, charitable Foundations or our regional investment - we're proud to be Helping Britain Prosper

We're committed to helping realise the potential of all of the UK’s regions by actively creating opportunities for further investment and growth to support communities and businesses.

£1bn

committed to our
Regional Impact Fund 

£33.7m

donated to our charitable Foundations in 2025

5m

trees planted in partnership with the Woodland Trust

£3m

raised by customers and colleagues for Crisis

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Charities and communities

Regional development

Regional development

We recognise that there is still more that can be done to help address regional inequality and create thriving communities.

We're working to address regional inequality and boost the UK economy through housing and community regeneration, capturing the benefits of net zero transition and creating regional economic opportunities and inclusive growth.

The role of universities in boosting regional development

Our flagship report in collaboration with PwC UK highlights the vital role that universities play in regional development, and calls for a balanced approach to their educational, research, and civic role.

Read the article The vital role of universities in boosting regional development article

Community Development Finance Institutions

We've announced £43 million of funding to support Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs). This commitment aims to invest in 800 businesses, supporting around 10,500 jobs.

Read the article Community Development Finance Institutions

Realising Regional Potential

Together with CBI Economics and The Data City, we've undertaken research to understand the UK’s high-value and emerging clusters. The research highlights the emerging and significant sectors driving economic growth across UK regions.

Download the report Realising Regional Potential PDF, 27MB (opens in new tab)
 

Access to quality housing

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Hear from Chris Yau, Director of Origination & Sustainability in our housing team, on how we’re helping communities access quality, secure and sustainable social housing. 

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Charities and communities

Prosperity means a sustainable, inclusive future. A safe place to call home. The education and skills to build a brighter tomorrow. The opportunity to do so no matter where you grow up. In a world you want to grow up in. That’s why we're active in communities every day, helping Britain prosper.

Through funding our four charitable Foundations, our bold partnership with Crisis to increase access to high-quality affordable housing, delivery of financial education to children and young people and championing sustainability with the Woodland Trust, we are helping tackle social disadvantage and support important sustainability initiatives.

 

Our charitable Foundations: celebrating 40 years

In 1985, we founded four charitable Foundations to provide vital support to small and local charities across the UK and Channel Islands, helping to tackle disadvantage in the communities that need it most. Since then we have donated more than £800m and supported nearly 70,000 small charities.

The Foundations provide core funding, alongside other forms of support, to help people overcome complex and social issues such as mental health, domestic abuse, addiction and homelessness.

Each year, hundreds of Lloyds Banking Group colleagues share their skills and expertise with charities supported by the Foundations helping them to continue to carry out their vital work.

Our Foundations share their insights expertise and best practice with the Group to help inform our customer and colleague propositions.

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Bank of Scotland Foundation

Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales

Lloyds Bank Foundation for the Channel Islands

 

Charities supported by our Foundations

The Foundations support small charities helping people overcome social issues like addiction, domestic abuse, and homelessness through grants and practical support.

Read more about the charities

Charity partnerships

Working with incredible charities to make a difference.

Crisis

In 2023 we partnered with Crisis, a UK homelessness charity which works with thousands of homeless people every year, offering help so they can rebuild their lives and are supported out of homelessness for good. 

Our partnership with Crisis

The Woodland Trust

At the beginning of 2020, we started working with the Woodland Trust to plant 10 million trees across the UK by 2030.

The trees we plant are all native to the UK and will help create havens for wildlife, boost biodiversity, and absorb harmful carbon dioxide from the air. 

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Working with communities

Digital impact and inclusion

We’ve long been an advocate of digital skills and inclusion in the UK.

This has been done by: influencing through the Lloyds Bank Consumer and Business Digital Indexes to provide market-leading insight, supporting colleagues with their own skills development, and external programmes.

These programmes include the Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Academies and our Digital Helpline – giving free help and support on a range of digital tasks for anyone that needs it.

Volunteering

Our volunteering programmes encourage colleagues to spend at least eight hours per year volunteering for charities, schools or community projects.

Our position at the heart of the UK gives our colleagues an unique opportunity to volunteer in their own communities. By sharing their skills, experience and time to help communities to grow and thrive.

Support for the Armed Forces

We signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2015. The Covenant is our promise to the Government and the nation that we will ensure that those who serve or who have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, are treated fairly.

In 2021 we were given a Gold award by the Ministry of Defence, in recognition of our support, the highest award given to organisations.

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Sustainability

As the UK’s largest financial services provider, we have an important role to play in creating a more sustainable and inclusive future.

Sustainability

Supporting business

We're supporting businesses in the UK to grow and prosper.

Supporting business

Purpose and strategy

Our purpose is Helping Britain Prosper. We do this by creating a more sustainable and inclusive future for people and business, shaping finance as a force for good.

Purpose and strategy