Two Portsmouth charities have received donations from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation after being nominated by colleagues from the local Portsmouth branch.

EC Roberts Centre, a charity which works to improve the lives of children and families, received a £2,000 donation from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation to help it to continue to provide relief from child poverty and homelessness.

The charity helps people who are struggling to improve their family’s difficult circumstances whether from homelessness or family breakdown. It works with families, children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Tall Ships Youth Trust also received a £1,000 donation. Tall Ships is the UK’s oldest and largest youth development sail training charity, which enables young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to experience activities at sea and contribute to the maritime sector. The charity brings together crews of different social backgrounds and nationalities to promote understanding, teamwork and friendship onboard.

Tall Ships Youth Trust received a £1,000 donation from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation

placeholder image — Tall Ships Youth Trust received a £1,000 donation from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation

Janette Stokes, customer consultant at Yorkshire Building Society in Portsmouth, said: “We are proud to be able to support both local charities with donations from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation. EC Roberts Centre provides important work in our community, including providing a nursery, child contact services, temporary and supported housing and the provision of support services for families, children, young people leaving care and vulnerable adults.

“It is also fantastic that we are able to support Tall Ships Youth Trust. The work that they do to support young people in the Portsmouth area makes a huge difference in the local community.”

Nicky Clarke, Finance Officer at EC Roberts Centre said: “We are really grateful for the donation from Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation that will help us continue to provide our services.”

Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation is funded through the Small Change Big Difference® scheme where members donate the pennies from the interest on their accounts just once a year to help smaller charities around the UK.

Last year the foundation donated over £283,000 to local causes and charities nominated by members and colleagues from around the UK.

For more information about our Small Change Big Difference® scheme visit www.ybs.co.uk/charitablefoundation.

If you would like to support EC Roberts Centre then please visit www.robertscentre.org.uk or for more information about Tall Ships, please visit www.tallships.org