# Abbey pledges over £1 million to national and local charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/07/17/abbey-pledges-over-1-million-national-and-local-charities/
- Published: 2007-07-17T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Personal financial services company Abbey has announced two three-year funding commitments
to the Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Shelter.
Through Abbey’s Charitable Trust,
five charities will each receive £150,000 over a three-year period. This new development
in the annual donations programme, representing a total contribution of £750,000,
will, for the first time, allow Abbey to offer long-term funding commitments. Abbey
will be announcing the three remaining partnerships for 2007 later in the year.

The Abbey Charitable Trust approached charities working on projects aligned with
its three priority areas which seek to help disadvantaged people through; education
and training, financial advice and community regeneration.

Abbey has also committed a further £375,000 to smaller, local charities to be allocated
via 150 branch nominations. These will also be made to charities working on projects
aligned with the priority areas. The donations form part of the celebrations of 
the 150th anniversary of Abbey’s parent company, Santander.

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The Princess Royal Trust for Carers will be using the grant to develop a financial
literacy programme for carers and Shelter will be funding financial advice projects
in Liverpool and East London.

Alan Eagle, Abbey’s Charitable Trust manager, said: “The Charitable Trust gave over
£2 million to charities in 2006 and we are well on the way to exceeding that total
this year. We’re delighted to be able to offer longer term funding partnerships 
such as these which we hope will create an even bigger impact among the communities
they are aiming to help. We are planning to create five further partnerships next
year and charities working on projects that meet the priority areas are invited 
to get in contact.”

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