Bristol society’s members help to donate £10 million to good causes

Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation made its first donation in 1999 but 25 years later, thanks to the ongoing generosity of customers, it has now donated over £10 million to local charities where colleagues and members live and work. Charities are nominated for donations by colleagues and members of Yorkshire Building Society, including from those in Bristol.

More than £23,849 has been shared by 19 charities in the Bristol area since 2020. Recently Jigsaw Thornbury and Age UK South Gloucestershire have received donations, after being nominated by colleagues and customers for support.

Emily Autton, branch manager at Yorkshire Building Society’s Bristol branch, said: “I’m delighted that the Charitable Foundation has supported so many charities and good causes in our community, nominated by our colleagues and members.

“The donations have made a huge difference to people locally and it’s thanks to the ongoing generosity of our members that the Charitable Foundation can continue to support so many causes. We’re so proud to have helped to play a part in donating over £10 million to charities and good causes across the UK. It shows small change really can make a big difference.”

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.

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