Lloyds Bank Foundation - Enable

Enable grants are awarded to charities which have identified clear development needs, and provide a great opportunity to strengthen charities to deliver more effectively.

Through Enable grants we fund opportunities for your charity to develop, or trial new approaches to service delivery, so you can become more effective in your work. You may want to improve your charity’s capability in areas such as business development and planning, monitoring, leadership and governance and communications; an Enable grant could put your charity in a stronger position to deliver services and attract more volunteers, funding and support.

We can provide up to a total of £15,000 across one or two years.

What Enable Grants Fund

Enable grants fund activities related to the development and improvement of your charity’s capability. Examples include:

• Pilot initiatives, to trial new ways of delivering your programmes
• Strengthening your monitoring systems
• Creating stronger business plans and service development plans
• Improving your charity’s marketing and communications
• Investigating mergers, partnerships, shared services and contracts
• Developing new streams of income and enterprise for your charity
• Expanding your charity’s capacity to reach new audiences and recruit volunteers
• Improving your structures and systems, for example in finance, HR, risk management and volunteer management
• Quality standards (please note that if you already hold a quality mark, you cannot apply for renewal costs under the Enable programme)

Enable grants are awarded to charities that meet our eligibility criteria and have identified clear development areas which will support their growth. The costs covered by Enable grants must be additional to those you would already incur through your charity’s regular activities; they are not awarded for core costs or direct delivery costs. If this is what you are looking for, please consider applying to our Invest programme instead.