Lloyds Bank Foundation - d/Deaf and disabled people's organisations Programme
This programme is for small and local charities with an income between £25,000 to £500,000 which are led by and working with d/Deaf and Disabled people who are experiencing poverty.
You must meet the following criteria to be considered for funding under this programme:
People with lived experience (the people that your organisation exists to serve) should be at the centre of designing, developing, and managing the services you provide.
Your charity reflects an inclusive, rights-based social model of disability. This approach describes people as being disabled by barriers in society, not by their impairment or difference.
Advice and/or advocacy casework will be a central part of your charity’s services. Alongside this you will be delivering longer-term support which empowers d/Deaf and Disabled people to participate in everyday life.
You must be delivering your services in the following way:
In-depth services
Your charity must deliver a range of services supporting people in a structured way over the longer term. This will include advice and/or advocacy, such as access to accommodation/housing support, welfare and benefits advice and advocacy, debt support, access to healthcare, and access to legal and employment rights advice.
Person-centred services
We know that you cannot be expected to meet all the needs of the people you support. However, you should have trusted relationships with providers or agencies which can help people to overcome the challenges they face and meet their basic needs (e.g., benefits, training, health care, counselling, domestic abuse services). When you refer someone for support, you track their progress to ensure their needs are being addressed.
Personal plans
You will work together with the people you support to understand the challenges they experience. Together you will agree on how you will help them to find a way to overcome challenges.
You will keep written or electronic records or case files of each person you are supporting, noting progress against activities. Your charity should be able to demonstrate the difference you are making through these records.
Who can apply
This programme is aimed at registered charities led by and working with d/Deaf and Disabled people who are experiencing poverty. By this, we mean you will be led by and working with people who have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long term’ impact on their lives, as defined under the Equality Act 2010.
Your organisation will:
be led by the communities you serve
provide advice and/or advocacy on social security
deliver services that meet the individual needs of the Disabled people you support.
Restrictions
We do not provide funding for the following organisations:
Organisations that are not charities registered in England and Wales.
Infrastructure or ‘umbrella’ organisations.
Peer support groups, which do not provide in depth support services alongside advice or advocacy services.
Organisations whose primary purpose is to give funds to individuals or other organisations. This means organisations use more than 50% of their annual expenditure as grants.
Organisations working predominantly outside England and Wales.
Organisations that require people to take part in a religious activity as part of the support provided.
Hospitals, health authorities, or hospices.
Rescue services.
Schools, colleges, or universities.
Eligible expenditure
Organisations can apply for a three year unrestricted grant of £75,000 (£25,000 each year).
How to apply
https://www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/funding/deaf-and-disabled-people-organisations