Bank and Building Society Listing
Only some of the major players in the financial sector have been included in this list. There are other banks and building societies, especially with a regional or local base. Contact your branch directly to see what programmes of help they offer community groups and voluntary organisations. It may help if your group, or even the group members, bank with them.
Key:
- %: Members of the UK percent club giving 1% of UK pre tax profit for community activity
- I: International interest
- S: Sponsorship, Arts, Sport, Events, etc
- N: Supporting and/or sponsoring a national charity(ies)
- P: Supporting staff participation, community interests and/or matching donations, payroll giving
- L: Supporting local charities in the communities they operate - ask at local branch, outlet, factory, etc.
- D: Donations for community groups
- F: Foundation or trust requiring formal application
- V: Provide expertise, paid volunteers from staff, or secondment
- A: Awards and prizes, sponsorship or funding through partner voluntary organisations
Some of the links below have been reduced in length and complexity using TinyURL.
Banks
Abbey (Santander)
http://tinyurl.com/5rxrwf
Interests: education, training, community, regeneration, financial advice
N,L,D,F
Alliance & Leicester
http://www.alliance-leicester-group.co.uk/html/csr/community_relations.asp
Interests: education, those with financial difficulties, business and community links.
N,P,L,D,V
Allied Irish Bank (GB)/First Trust Bank - (AIB Group (UK) plc)
http://tinyurl.com/56s79j
Interests: mostly in Ireland, community
N,S,L
Barclays
http://tinyurl.com/5kyl6l
Interests: general, sport, financial
%,P,V,A
Birmingham Midshires (HBOS group)
http://www.askbm.co.uk/aboutbm/community/grants.asp
Interests: Community development, Money advice See also HBOS
L
Bradford & Bingley plc
http://www.bbg.co.uk/bbg/csr/community/csrpolicy/
Interests: community, personal finance education, sport
S,P,L,D
Bristol & West (Bank of Ireland Group see above)
http://www.bristol-west.co.uk
Interests: None
C&G (Cheltenham & Gloucester) part of Lloyds TSB Group (see below)
Capital One Bank (Europe) plc
http://tinyurl.com/6pr4yb
Interests: community, disability, disadvantaged children
%,N,P,L
Charity Bank Ltd, The
http://www.charitybank.org/Home.aspx
Interests: banking services for the voluntary sector
Citibank International plc
http://tinyurl.com/658o2t
Interests: None
Clydesdale Bank plc (part of group including National and Yorkshire Banks)
http://www.cbonline.co.uk/wcm-media/CBApplying_our_Principles.pdf
Interests: sport and art sponsorship, community, financial literacy
N,L,S
Co-operative Bank
http://tinyurl.com/5g3eu6
Interests: financial literacy, crime reduction - victims of crime, inclusion, banking services
P,L,D,V
The Coutts & Co
http://www.coutts.com/sponsorship/interest.asp
Interests: sponsorship, local, national, arts
S
Credit Suisse International Credit Suisse (UK) Ltd
http://www.credit-suisse.com/responsibility/en/index.html
Interests: sponsorship, international through CS Jubilee Foundation
I,F
Egg Banking plc
http://tinyurl.com/5e7eq8
Interests: Education, Sports, Arts, Regeneration
S,P,L,V
First Direct - part of HSBC (see below)
Goldman Sachs International Bank
http://www2.goldmansachs.com/citizenship/community-giving/index.html
Interests: arts, environment, sports, community
I,S,P,L,V
HBOS - (Halifax - Bank of Scotland)
http://www.hbosplc.com/community/community_home.asp
Interests: community through foundation, social banking, financial education, sponsorship, arts
S,N,P,T,L,F,V
HSBC
http://www.hsbc.com/hsbc/csr/community
Interests: youth, education, disadvantage, environment, disaster relief
I,P,L,V
ING Direct
http://tinyurl.com/56g4jo and http://www.ingchancesforchildren.com
Interests: Children, International - Chances for children
I
J P Morgan Europe Ltd
http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/jpmorgan/about/community
Interests: arts, community, education, women, sponsorship
I,S,P,L,V
Kleinwort Benson Private Bank Ltd
http://www.kleinwortbenson.com
Interests: none, yachting
S
Liverpool Victoria Banking Services Ltd
http://www.lv.com/aboutus/inthecommunity
Interests: safety, health
N
Lloyds TSB
http://www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk/
Interests: community, general, substantial help through Lloyds TSB Foundations, regional & national
%,F,N,L
MBNA Europe Bank Ltd
http://www.mbna.co.uk/about/company.html
Interests: none
Morgan Stanley Bank International Ltd
http://www.morganstanley.com/globalcitizen/community/index.html
Interests: childrens health
I,N
N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd
http://tinyurl.com/5sxen4
Interests: training, education, small local community help, numeracy, literacy
P,L,D,V
Natwest - see Royal Bank of Scotland
Northern Rock
http://www.nr-foundation.org.uk
Interests: community in NE region through Northern Rock Foundation
%,L,F,V
Royal Bank of Scotland - (also Natwest)
http://tinyurl.com/5qauw3
Interests: education, employment and enterprise, money management
N,P,L,D,V
Schroder & Co Ltd
http://www.schroders.com/schroders/about-schroders/our-businesses/charities
Interest: charitable funds management
SG Hambros Bank Limited
http://www.sghambros.com/charities_1.shtml
I Interest: charitable funds management
Smile (Co-operative Group)
http://www.cfs.co.uk/corp/pdf/CFS2007.pdf
Interests: Sport, esp. Football inc, children, grassroots
S,L
Standard Chartered Bank - banking
http://www.standardchartered.com/about-us/sponsorship/en/index.html
http://www.standardchartered.com/sustainability/community-investment/en/index.html
Interests: youth, health, education
I,N,P,L,V
Woolwich - part of Barclays Group (see above)
Building Societies
There are also mutual Building Societies. Most of the remaining ones are locally based. Contact them through your local branch.
Some of the larger ones are:
Britannia Building Society
http://www.britannia.co.uk/society/social_responsibility/in_the_community.html http://www.britannia.co.uk/membership/community/britannia_foundation.html
Interests: through foundation, corporate partnership, schools
N,P,F
Chelsea Building Society
http://www.chelseacares.co.uk/csr/html/community.html
Interests: charity partnership, arts, community
S,N,P,L,V
Ecology Building Society
http://www.ecology.co.uk
Interests: lending for sustainable building projects
Leeds Building Society
http://www.leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk/about/charitable_foundation.html
Interests: homelessness, social deprivation, disability, older people, community, through foundation
L,F
Manchester Building Society
http://www.themanchester.co.uk/mbsnew/main/content/community.asp
Interests: local, hospice,and through Community Foundation
L
Nationwide Building Society
http://www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk/
Interests: social, arts, children and families through foundation
N,L,F
Nottingham Building Society
http://tinyurl.com/5uyubt
Interests: general, community, local
L
Skipton Building Society
http://www.skipton.co.uk/about_us/skiptonBuildingCommunities.aspx
Interests: community, sponsorship, charity partnership
S,N,P,L,F,V,A
Yorkshire Building Society
http://www.ybs.co.uk/cf/community.jsp and http://www.ybs.co.uk/cf/foundation.jsp
Interests: community, also through foundation, vulnerable people
L,P,D,F
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