Charitable Foundation donates more than £84,000 in third quarter funding

Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation has donated £84,843 in the third quarter of 2021 as part of its support for charities across the UK.

The donations range between £250 to £2,000 and have been made to 55 charities across the country after they were nominated for funding by members and colleagues of Yorkshire Building Society.

One of the charities to receive funding was The Prince of Wales Hospice which received a £1,185 donation from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation after being nominated by colleagues from the Society’s Pontefract branch.  

The donation has been used to fund an additional syringe driver which is essential to the specialist palliative medical care they offer adults with a progressive illness.

Jo Benson, Nurse Manager at The Prince of Wales Hospice, said:

Most patients will use a syringe driver whilst in the Hospice. These are battery powered pumps that administer continuous doses of medication avoiding repeated injections and are especially helpful for patients who are being sick or struggling to swallow. Some patients use two at once. Each has a lock box for safety. As they are in use by many patients on most days, we need to maintain a good supply. We are currently struggling to meet demand. We are really thankful for the donation from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation that will help us continue to provide our services.

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.

To date in 2021 the Charitable Foundation has donated £211,873 to 147 registered charities around the UK.

For more information about our Small Change Big Difference® scheme and to see an interactive map of recent Charitable Foundation donations visit www.ybs.co.uk/charitablefoundation

Charities that have received funding from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation in the third funding round of 2021 are:

 

Charity name	Donation amount
ACE	£2,000
AGE UK EXETER	£2,000
Alternatives Watford	£1,960
ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS UNITING PARENTS (ADDUP)	£1,103
AYLESBURY VALE AND MILTON KEYNES SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE	£1,915
Bauer Radio's Cash for Kids Charities (Scotland)	£2,000
Beatson Cancer Charity	£1,000
Blue Sky Autism Project	£1,500
Chris's House	£2,000
Dartmouth Food bank	£1,119
DERBYSHIRE LGBT+ LTD	£1,500
DOMESTIC ABUSE SURVIVORS	£1,000
Eagles Wings Trust	£902
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust Charitable Funds - Chafford Hundred Community First Responders	£1,703
EATS Rosyth	£2,000
Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity	£1,200
EMMAUS TRANSFORMATION TRUST LIMITED	£2,000
Fishermen and Firemen Charity Fund	£250
FoodCycle	£1,418
Glasgow Care Foundation	£2,000
Grampian Society for the Blind	£1,600
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity	£1,655
Highland Hospice	£1,750
homestart	£500
Homestart Kincardine	£2,000
HOME-START KIRKLEES	£1,916
INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES	£1,600
Keech Hospice Care	£1,250
Liberty Christian Family Centre Trust	£2,000
Little Village	£2,000
Maggies dundee	£1,920
Martin House	£1,866
Methodist Homes - Northwood Live at Home Scheme	£1,072
Mountbatten Hampshire	£1,918
Muir of Ord Development Trust	£1,890
Norwich and District MS Society	£642.20
RESTORE CHURCH BOSTON	£1,740
Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance SCAA	£1,250
ST RAPHAEL'S HOSPICE	£1,952
STV Appeal	£1,500
The Bridge Project Sudbury	£1,500
The Cavendish Centre	£1,925
THE FEED FOUNDATION	£2,000
The Five Towns Plus Hospice Fund Limited	£1,185
THE HOLME VALLEY MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM	£ 2,000
The Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Health Charity	£ 1,400
THE MAPLE TREE	£944
The Martlets Hospice Limited	£1,487
The Rose Road Association	£1,885
The Rosemere Cancer Foundation	£1,766
The Wellspring (Stockport) Limited	£1,000
TURNING THE RED LIGHTS GREEN	£1,000
Wavelength Charity Ltd	£1,800
YMCA THAMES GATEWAY	£1,800
York Teaching Hospital Charity - Snowdrop Appeal	£560
TOTAL	£84,843.20

 

All information correct at time of publication.

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