Meeting donation helps Yorkshire Building Society on way to £1m charity target

Yorkshire Building Society donated nearly £25,000 to its charity partner, FareShare, at its Annual General Meeting (AGM).

- By Anna Nicholson Contributor

Around 1.3m members were eligible to vote in the AGM, which this year was held at the Queens Hotel, Leeds.

Taking part in the meeting is one of the ways members can have a say in the way the Society is run.

The mutual gave 35p to FareShare, the UK's largest food redistribution charity, for each vote online and 20p for each postal vote. The Society is aiming to raise £1m for FareShare by June 2026.

Those attending the AGM in person and watching the live stream online were shown a video which demonstrated how the money being donated by Yorkshire Building Society is funding FareShare's Building Skills for the Future programme, which will support, equip and prepare over 2,500 people for employment, building important skills to help them overcome financial hardship.

In 2024 the programme supported 660 people, with 66 going on to secure employment.

This was the first AGM led by Annemarie Durbin, who took over as Chair last year.