CHARITIES in Inverclyde have received more than £10,000 in funding from a UK-wide foundation over the past four years.

Yorkshire Building Society’s Charitable Foundation has supported ten organisations in the town since 2020.

Inverkip Community Initiative and Starter Packs Inverclyde are among those to have benefitted from grants recently, having been nominated by colleagues and customers.

The foundation is funded by the Small Change Big Difference scheme which sees members donate the pennies from the interest on their account once a year.

Yorkshire Building Society is now celebrating donating more than £10million to charities across the UK since 1999.

Greenock branch manager David Nolan said: “I’m delighted that the Charitable Foundation has supported so many charities and good causes in our community, nominated by our colleagues and members.

“The donations have made a huge difference to people locally and it’s thanks to the ongoing generosity of our members that the Charitable Foundation can continue to support so many causes.

“We’re so proud to have helped to play a part in donating over £10 million to charities and good causes across the UK. It shows small change really can make a big difference.”