# Yorkshire Building Society invites nominations for beneficiary charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/05/29/yorkshire-building-society-invites-nominations-beneficiary-charities/
- Published: 2009-05-29T09:00:40+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation is inviting people to nominate 
good causes to share in its annual week-long charity giveaway, ‘Make a Difference
Week’.

The week runs from today until 6 June 2009.

Members of the public are invited to call into any of the Yorkshire’s 134 branches
and 65 agencies to recommend a charity to receive a £50 donation.

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The Charitable Foundation was founded in 1998 and has since donated over £3 million
to more than 7,000 charities. It receives most of its funds through the Yorkshire’s
Small Change, Big Difference scheme where members donate just pennies from the interest
they receive on their accounts to make a large fund of money for charities.

Louise Neill of the Foundation said: “Make a Difference Week offers the Foundation
the chance to support smaller, local charities that are often overlooked by large
organisations but are important to the communities where our staff and members live
and work.

“Last year, over 1,000 local good causes were nominated for support during a similar
event which resulted in over £54,000 being donated”.

You can find your nearest Yorkshire Building Society branch or agency at:

www.ybs.co.uk/branchfinder

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