Four charities in Driffield have each received a £100 donation as part of Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation’s annual giveaway – Make a Difference Week.
Throughout one week in summer Yorkshire Building Society invited customers and members of the local community to call into its Driffield agency at Jackson Robson Licence to nominate a charity they would like to see receive a £100 donation.
Thanks to those who called in and filled in a nomination form the following charities have now received a financial boost from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation: Driffield Friends of Girl Guiding; First Steps Pre-School; Yorkshire Wolds Railway Restoration Project; Royal British Legion Driffield
“Make A Difference Week has been a fantastic success, with some of our wonderful local charities and good causes receiving a nomination for support,” said Pat Dean of the Driffield agency.
“Make A Difference Week is a great opportunity for our local community to tell us about charities that are important to them and that they would like to see receive a bit of extra support in these difficult times.
“As a building society we try and support the charities and local good causes in the areas where our members live and work and I hope that theses donations will truly Make a Difference in Driffield.”
The Society’s Charitable Foundation has run the Make Difference Week giveaway for five years and in that time has given away more than £500,000 to charities across the country.
The donation to the charities in Driffield comes from Yorkshire Building Society’s innovative ‘Small Change Big Difference’ scheme. This scheme enables members to donate the pennies from their annual interest on their accounts once a year to the Charitable Foundation.
When all the pennies are added together it ensures the Charitable Foundation can continue to support good causes in communities throughout the UK.