Charitable Foundation

One charity that has benefited from a grant from the Foundation this year is Brooklands Community Special School in Skipton, North Yorkshire. Head Teacher of the school, John Fryer, said, "On behalf of the school I would like to say a huge thank you to the Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation, who have very generously agreed to donate £1,000 towards our residential programme. We are very grateful for the support and consideration. Such donations make a massive difference to small schools like ourselves and so we are delighted with this news."

Our Lady and St Brendan's Primary School, in Bradford, was so impressed with murals that we had completed at another school, that their year 2 class wrote to ask if we could visit them. Head Office Business Intelligence Department duly answered their plea for help and a team of 11 volunteers arrived at the school with paint brushes in hand and plenty of enthusiasm. Anne Springer, deputy head, said, "The friendship our school has established with YBS, I feel, will be a long and lasting one. The team who visited us recently to improve our outdoor learning environment will never be forgotten. They worked tirelessly to enhance the outdoor provision for our children and we will always be grateful to them."