Save the Children has been selected by Lloyds Banking Group as its 2011 Charity of the Year.

The announcement, made after a staff vote in which over 9,000 Lloyds Banking Group employees voted for the charity, will allow Save the Children to benefit from the fundraising of all organisations listed under the Lloyds Banking Group, including Lloyds TSB, Halifax and Bank of Scotland.

Douglas Rouse, corporate partnerships director at Save the Children said: “Everyone at Save the Children is thrilled to have been chosen as Lloyds Banking Group’s next Charity of the Year.

“We are now looking forward to working together to transform the life chances of thousands of children living in poverty in communities served by the group”.

Angie Risley, group HR director at Lloyds Banking Group added: “We are excited to be working with Save the Children over the next twelve months.

"The large majority of Lloyds Banking Group employees voted for the charity and we are therefore very confident in the level of support we can expect to see across the group." 

Money raised through this partnership will go towards programmes for Families and Schools Together (FAST), an agency that aims to improve relationships between children and their parents. In total 2,400 families across the UK will be participating in the FAST campaign.