The partnership began in 2004, with Lloyd’s Charities Trust providing over half a million pounds to the three charities over the three years enabling them to support specific projects benefiting young people and adults in the UK and abroad.
lloyds.com spoke to representatives of the partner charities who explained how Lloyd’s Charities Trust’s grants have helped.
Hope and Homes for Children
Rick Foulsham, Chief Executive, Hope and Homes for Children says: "The partnership between our charity and Lloyd's Charities Trust has raised £225,000 for our programme in Sierra Leone. This money has transformed the lives of some of the most vulnerable children in the world. We are grateful to everyone in Lloyd's who entered into the partnership with such wholehearted enthusiasm. Hope and Homes for Children has made many new friends and supporters as a result of this partnership and we hope you will stay with us as we continue to give hope to orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children."
St Giles Trust
Working with the disadvantaged and homeless, Lloyd’s Charities Trust grant to St Giles Trust supported a number of schemes in Kent Prisons which give advice to prisoners on getting back onto their feet.
Rob Owen, Chief Executive of St Giles Trust explains: "Without support from Lloyd’s Charities Trust we would never have been able to start work in Kent, and we would still be a struggling local charity trying to achieve our ambitions. Now, we have 20 prison peer-led education, training and housing projects, enabling us to create positive futures for 15,000 people a year. By training our clients to deliver services to each other we reduce homelessness and re-offending, providing a ladder out of poverty and crime”
Macmillan Cancer Support
With one in three likely to be diagnosed with cancer, Lloyd’s Charities Trust grant to Macmillan Cancer Support enabled the charity to expand a telephone service aimed at providing emotional support to young people suffering the consequences of cancer.
Emily Ward, Corporate Partnerships Account Manager, Macmillan Cancer Support says: “Our partnership with Lloyd's Charities Trust has enabled Macmillan to reach an additional 239 young people going through a cancer experience and our newly launched South Asian Line will help hundreds more people from South Asian communities reach factual and trusted information in confidence. Together we have made a real difference to the lives of people.”
Coming soon – three new partner charities
The end of Lloyd’s partnership with the above charities also marks the dawn of a relationship with three new charities which will be announced in October.
