Its focus is to help organisations change practice and policy, and offers grants and practical support to help charities, particularly small- and medium-sized, to develop and grow.
In 2016, the Foundation awarded £12.7m to 281 charities in England and Wales through its three core programmes. In addition, it provided extra support to 182 existing organisations it funds and mentoring from Lloyds Bank staff to 301 local charities.
The programmes focus on key transition points in people's lives, including a number affecting children and young people, such as being in care or leaving care; ceasing to be at risk from abuse, exploitation or trafficking; becoming a young parent; becoming a young carer; being unemployed or out of education and training; in vulnerable housing or homeless; having substance misuse or addiction problems; exiting youth offending or custody; moving mental health care setting; and refugees settling in the UK.
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