The following eligibility criteria apply:
- Organisations must be registered with the Charity Commission, the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland or the Scottish Charity Regulator.
- Funding will either help alleviate poverty, improve health or save lives.
- Applicants must be nominated by a Yorkshire Building Society member or colleague.
- Beneficiaries must be resident in the UK.
- Annual returns must be submitted to the Charity Commission, the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland or the Scottish Charity Regulator.
- Groups that have an income turnover less than £100,000.
Priority will be given to charities:
- Whose aims are a strong fit with the Foundation’s priorities to alleviate poverty, improve health, and save lives.
- Based in areas of high deprivation.
- Who support marginalised groups e.g. ethnic minorities, women and girls, people with physical and mental disabilities, LGBTQ+.
- The aims of the Fund are to alleviate poverty and improve health/save lives, particularly for those living in areas of deprivation.
The aims of the Fund are to alleviate poverty and improve health/save lives, particularly for those living in areas of deprivation.
