Public voting opens for Lloyds Bank Community Fund

Howard Lake | 4 October 2013 | News

Public voting has opened for Lloyds Bank Community Fund, which will provide grants to support more than 1,300 local good causes in villages, towns and cities across England, Wales and the Isle of Man.
There are four good causes in each of 300 community areas. The two groups with the most votes will each receive £3,000 and the other two, £300 each.
Voting can be carried out online, via SMS and in Lloyds Bank branches. Anyone can vote: they do not have to be a Lloyds Bank customer.

How did good causes get on the shorlist?

All the groups were nominated by Lloyds Banking Group staff. After being grouped by geography, over 300 bank staff reviewed them and shortlisted them. The process was independently audited to ensure that it was a fair process.
Over 4,600 causes were nominted this year, nearly three times as many as there were places on the shortlist.
The deadline for voting is 1 November 2013. Over 119,000 votes have already been cast.
Lloyds Bank does have a range of other activities that support good causes and charities.
 

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.