Small Change Big Difference® Fund

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Through the Small Change Big Difference® Fund, trustees consider nominations to charities that support its two priority areas: alleviating poverty and improving health / saving lives. It particularly welcomes nominations of charities that are working in areas of deprivation, and charities that have an income turnover of less than £100,000.

Please read the full guidance notes here prior to making an application.

To be considered for a donation the charity must meet the following basic eligibility criteria:

  • 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

  • Nominated by a Yorkshire Building Society member or colleague

  • Beneficiaries in the UK

  • Have not received a YBS Charitable Foundation donation in the last 2 years

  • Annual returns submitted to the Charity Commission, the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland or the Scottish Charity Regulator

The following will NOT be considered:
 

  • Applications that do not fit the criteria outlined in the guidelines

  • Charities serving a specific sector of the community selected on the basis of political or religious grounds/ advancement

  • Animal welfare charities

  • Charities with beneficiaries not in the UK

  • Community Interest Companies, community or voluntary organisations that are not registered charities

For more information, please visit Charitable Foundation | Your Society | YBS