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Skipton Charitable Foundation

Giving something back...

The Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation (“the Charitable Foundation”) was established in February 2000 supporting registered charities throughout the UK and distributing donations.

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Our impact so far

We’ve donated for 25 years

We've given away over £4.9 million since our first donations in 2000.

We’ve helped charities grow

We've given donations to over 1400 amazing charities in the last 10 years.

We’ve donated in 2025 too

We donated over £944,000 to around 270 good causes in 2025.

Apply for funding

You will be redirected to a third-party site through YourCause by Blackbaud where you can complete the application to the Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation.

Please note that YourCause has its own Terms & Conditions, Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy, which may differ from ours.

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How we make decisions

Independent of Skipton Building Society, the Charitable Foundation's decisions are made by its Board of Trustees.

The Charitable Foundation is run by eight trustees, including six who are independent of Skipton Building Society. The Trustees decide which good causes will benefit from the Charitable Foundation's support. The Charitable Foundation is supported by volunteer administrators.

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Skipton Building Society makes an annual payment to the Charitable Foundation to fund the donations.

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