Society members’ small change could make a big difference in Hale

The Society’s agency at NOW Financial Planning Limited, on Ashley Road, is taking part in Small Change Big Difference® Month where people can nominate their favourite local charity or good cause for the chance to bag a £100 donation.

The society will be donating a total of £100,000 to charities or good causes that matter most to the people living in the communities it serves.

Small Change Big Difference Month is funded by Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation which is supported by its own members who have signed up to the Small Change Big Difference® scheme.

The scheme enables mortgages and savings customers to donate the pennies from the annual interest on their accounts to help a variety of charities and good causes.

Andrew Morgan, proprietor of NOW Financial Planning Limited, said: “Smaller local charities and good causes can often struggle to obtain the funding they need – and they are exactly who we want people in Hale to nominate for the chance to win a donation.

“Small Change Big Difference Month is our way of giving something back to our community so please come in and nominate your favourite local charity or good cause to be one of the lucky thousand to receive a donation.”

Nominations can be submitted until Saturday, October 15, with successful charities and good causes being notified in November.

In 2015, the Charitable Foundation paid 1,502 donations totalling £392,276 to good causes and charities throughout the UK.

As well as offering donations through campaigns such as Small Change Big Difference Month, it also offers donations of up to £2,000 for charities which meet its criteria.

For more information about the Small Change Big Difference® scheme and the Charitable Foundation visit www.ybs.co.uk/charitablefoundation