About Us
£32m
to charities
£23.9m
grants
£7.4m
Matched Giving
2,500
charities
1.2m
people
Bank of Scotland Foundation receives an annual donation from Lloyds Banking Group as part of the Group's commitment to Helping Scotland Prosper. We donate these funds to charities across Scotland through our Grants Programmes and a Matched Giving Programme for Lloyds Banking Group employees in Scotland.
Since November 2010, Bank of Scotland Foundation has provided over £32m to more than 2,500 charities making positive change across Scotland, enabling over 1.2million people to benefit from a variety of much needed local services and personal support.

Supporting Positive Change Across Scotland
Launched in March 2019, ‘Supporting Positive Change Across Scotland’ is the Foundation’s five year strategic plan which will see a range of new funding programmes open in 2019 and 2020.
Four strategic aims will determine our programmes of work over the next five years:
- We will focus our work and impact on charities that demonstrate they address social exclusion or disadvantage.
- We will develop flexible, responsive grant making tailored to the needs of those we support.
- We will realise the value of our strategic partnership with Lloyds Banking Group.
- As a learning organisation we will work to improve our impact and the quality of what we do and will provide best in class customer service.
You can find out more information in our March 2019 Newsletter.
Our Staff
Jillian Baillie
Chief Executive
Lorraine O’Neill
Chief Financial Officer
Leona Macdonald
Grant Manager
Zoe Redhead
Community Manager
Owen Falconer
Matched Giving Manager
Our Trustees
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Donald MacKechnie (Foundation Chair and Trustee) Insurance & Wealth Transformation and Strategy Director Lloyds Banking Group |
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Graham Blair (Trustee) Head of Mortgages Bank of Scotland Retail, Lloyds Banking Group |
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Alison Macdonald (Trustee) Director, Business Risk & Financial Crime Insurance & Wealth Division, Lloyds Banking Group |
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Graeme Thompson (Trustee) Executive Coach, Vistage |
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Laura Armstrong (Trustee) Operations Lead, Group Transformation Lloyds Banking Group |
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Karen Watt (Trustee) Chief Executive Scottish Funding Council for Further and Higher Education |
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Julianne Reddin (Trustee) Strategy and Development Manager Zero Emissions Transport Climate Group |
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Jackie Leiper (Trustee) Managing Director Pensions, Distribution & Stockbroking Lloyds Banking Group |
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Ken MacIntosh (Trustee) Former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament |
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Jon Alexander |