# Yorkshire Bank’s community awards open for applications - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/02/16/yorkshire-bank-spirit-of-the-community-awards-open-for-applications/ - Published: 2016-02-16T09:00:36+00:00 - Author: Melanie May **Yorkshire Bank is seeking community projects across the UK to share £75,000 in its fourth annual Spirit of the Community Awards.** The awards recognise and support community projects that are going the extra mile in one of three categories: projects which help people to have a healthy relationship with money, projects which help people to improve their local environment and projects which help people into employment. Yorkshire Bank will award £75,000 in total, selecting five projects in each of the three categories, and awarding each winner £5,000. Yorkshire Bank’s sister organisation, Clydesdale Bank will also award £75,000 to support local projects in Scotland as part of the programme. ## Advertisement For further information or to enter, people can visit [www.ybonline.co.uk/foundation](http://www.ybonline.co.uk/foundation) or go into their local Yorkshire Bank branch to receive an application form. The closing date for applications is Friday 8 April 2016 with the winners announced in the summer. Debbie Crosbie, Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks’ chief operating officer and chair of the Yorkshire and Clydesdale Bank Foundation, said: > “Yorkshire Bank’s Spirit of the Community Awards aim to recognise and support > the vital contribution that voluntary and charitable projects make to their local > communities. It has been inspiring to see all of the fantastic work being carried > out at grass roots level over the past three years and to see the difference our > support can make to projects which provide such vital resources for local communities.” * **[GSK and Save the Children announce $1 million Healthcare Innovation Award winners](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/02/29/gsk-save-the-children-announce-1m-healthcare-innovation-award-winners/)**( 29 February 2016) * **[Pennies from Heaven 2016 introduce new Platinum Award](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/03/30/pennies-heaven-2016-introduce-new-platinum-award/)**( 30 March 2016) * **[Global Citizen Award opens for entries](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/04/25/global-citizen-award-opens-entries/)**( 25 April 2016) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)