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Crisis partnership

We're partnering with Crisis, the UK national charity for people experiencing homelessness.

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Across the UK, 227,000 households are facing the worst forms of homelessness. A further 1.8 million households on low incomes are living in poor conditions, experiencing damp, mould and overcrowding.

That’s why we’re partnering with Crisis, and working with Simon Community in Northern Ireland. Driven by our purpose of Helping Britain Prosper, we want to ensure that everyone has a safe and affordable home. Not only is it the right thing to do, but it creates a stronger and more productive society and benefits everyone.

Together, we're calling for the UK to build 1 million more homes for social rent by 2033.

Lloyds banking group and crisis logos. Working together to end homelessness.

The difference our partnership is making

c.£2.5m
raised by customers and colleagues

4,700+
hours volunteered by colleagues

54
grants given as part of Changing Lives programme

Our partnership in action

Calling on government

Together with Crisis, we're calling for the UK to build 1 million more homes for social rent by 2033.

We do this by working with our housing association clients and lobbying the government.

Our policy asks Colleague health and wellbeing

Fundraising

Nearly £2.5m has been raised by our colleagues so far.

Thousands of colleagues have participated in fundraising activities including Wear it Red for Valentine's Day, City Walks and 2023’s Iceland trek, which raised over £250,000 alone.

Changing Lives

Crisis' Changing Lives grant programme helps people experiencing homelessness to progress into education, employment and to start up small businesses.

So far we've supported more than 54 grants.

Examples of grants

Good Place Lettings

Our fundraising is helping Crisis, alongside Homes for Good, to launch a new social enterprise lettings agency to make renting a home a rewarding experience for every landlord and tenant - one build on trust, fairness and mutual respect.

More information to come later in 2024.

Colleague volunteering

Our colleagues have taken on over 2,000 volunteer opportunities with Crisis, logging over 4,500 hours since the partnership began in 2023.

Volunteer stories

Homelessness Covenant

In 2024, we were proud to sign up to the Homelessness Covenant, developed by Crisis and the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) and DLUHC (Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities). The Covenant is a pledge by employers to prevent and end homelessness through inclusive and supportive employment practices.

This includes providing employment and training opportunities for people at risk of, or experiencing homelessness, adopting fairer recruitment and employment opportunities, and helping end homelessness in communities through raising awareness, fundraising, and volunteering.

 

Homelessness Covenant

In 2024, we were proud to sign up to the Homelessness Covenant, developed by Crisis and the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) and DLUHC (Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities). The Covenant is a pledge by employers to prevent and end homelessness through inclusive and supportive employment practices.

This includes providing employment and training opportunities for people at risk of, or experiencing homelessness, adopting fairer recruitment and employment opportunities, and helping end homelessness in communities through raising awareness, fundraising, and volunteering.

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Our charitable Foundations

Our four independent Foundations have been supporting homelessness charities and projects for over 30 years.

This sits alongside the work we already do with vulnerable customers, to ensure that those without a permanent address don’t go without access to bank accounts too.

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Championing social housing

Social housing is an integral part of the UK’s housing landscape with millions of people benefiting from stable and genuinely affordable homes. 

Lloyds Banking Group is the biggest supporter of social housing in the UK. We currently work with over 340 housing associations of all sizes.

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