Deadline extended

COMMUNITY groups have been given more time to enter the Spirit of the Community Awards 2018 organised by Yorkshire Bank.

The deadline to enter has been extended by two weeks to April 3.

As well as giving groups more time to enter, the bank also announced it will present one of the successful organisations with a Special Recognition Award, worth an additional £5,000.

The Bank makes donations to recognise and support community projects which are going the extra mile.

Registered charities and not for profit organisations are invited to enter their projects into the awards scheme under one of three categories;

projects which help people to have a healthy relationship with money

projects which help people to improve their local environment

projects which help people into employment.

The awards are open to a range of initiatives across the third sector which can demonstrate support for the local community.

This could include projects helping to upskill people for the workplace, ventures promoting healthy relationships with money or schemes aiming to protect the environment.

Debbie Crosbie, Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank’s chief operating officer and chair of the Yorkshire and Clydesdale Bank Foundation, said: “We want to maximise the opportunity for registered charities and not for profit community groups to apply for awards which could make a real difference to their local communities.”

Five projects will be selected in each of the three categories and all 15 winners will be awarded £5,000 each.

For more information about the awards or to enter, visit www.ybonline. co.uk/foundation or go any Yorkshire Bank branch for an application form.