Yorkshire and Clydesdale Banks raise £100,000 for BHF
Howard Lake | 9 September 2005 | News
Employees at Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank have raised over £100,000 for the British Heart Foundation in just eight months.
In January this year, Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank launched their first ever Charity Partnership by each making a £20,000 donation. Since then, all funds raised by employees have been matched £1 for £1 by the banks, encouraging the continued commitment from their 10,000 staff.
The banks reached their £100,000 fundraising milestone by holding a host of fundraising events, including a ‘wear something red’ day on Valentine’s Day and a ‘wear something red on your head’ day during the BHF’s Help a Heart Week in June. Also among the activities that week was a ‘Departmental Triathlon’ where competitors cycled, swam and ran (or walked) a total of 874 miles – equivalent to the distance between John o’Groats to Land’s End, raising £5,000.
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