Empower

The Empower programme provides unrestricted funding to charities in Scotland that support vulnerable groups and people affected by the cost of living crisis. Empower offers real stability and certainty for charities with the opportunity for strategic support from Lloyds Banking Group colleagues to add value for charities and the vulnerable people they help. Unrestricted funding gives charities much greater scope to cover all essential costs and deal with challenges quickly and effectively. Through the Empower programme, the Foundation collaborates with Lloyds Banking Group to identify opportunities to add value for funded charities through strategic development support and colleague volunteers, helping charities grow stronger and thrive beyond the lifetime of their grant. The funding can be used towards core costs, delivery costs, project costs and/or general running costs enabling charities to use their funding in the way that helps them best.