Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation celebrates donating £10 million

Thousands of good causes across the UK have benefitted from a charitable foundation that is celebrating donating more than £10million. 

Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation made its first donation in 1999 but 25 years later, thanks to the ongoing generosity of the Society’s members, it has now donated over £10 million to charities where colleagues and members live and work. 

Since its inception thousands of charities have benefitted from donations from the Foundation and it has recently announced the launch of the Building Bradford Skills Fund which will provide £1million in grants to charities in Bradford’s most deprived areas to improve employability. 

Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation is funded through the Small Change Big Difference® scheme where members donate the pennies from the interest on their accounts just once a year to help smaller charities around the UK. Thousands of Society members, who collectively hold over 950,000 accounts, are part of the scheme. 

Laura Newton, Trustee for Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation said: “Since 1999 the Charitable Foundation has given fantastic support to charities and good causes up and down the country. We are delighted to be able to support charities in communities where Yorkshire Building Society colleagues and members live and work, and in communities local to its branches and agencies. 

“It’s a real privilege to have seen the donations make a difference locally and it’s thanks to the ongoing generosity of the Society’s members that we have been able to reach the £10 million milestone for donations made, and continue to support charities in the future. It shows that small change really can make a big difference.” 

For more information about the Charitable Foundation please visit www.ybs.co.uk/charitablefoundation