Co-operative Bank donates £44,000 to community groups
Howard Lake | 2 December 2007 | News
The Co-operative Bank has donated £44,000 from its Customer Donation Fund to help 49 community groups across the country.
The Customer Donation Fund makes regular donations to customers of the bank’s Community Directplus account for community organisations, charities and social groups. Since the scheme was launched in 2003, it has given over £140,000 to 170 groups across the country.
Projects that will benefit from this latest payout include an organisation that promotes art by children with Autism, and a volunteer ran scheme that restores old hand tools before forwarding them worldwide where they can be used to generate an income.
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As well as providing the chance of financial support via the Customer Donation Fund, the Community Directplus account offers free banking, credit interest (on balances over £2,000) and a choice of managing the account online, via the phone or the Post Office.
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