Join us in supporting our partners Emmanuel House and Shelter
Nottingham Building Society has a long history of supporting communities and since launching our formal community programme in 2011, we've donated more than £1.5million to support those that need it most.
As a mutual building society, it’s important for us to have a meaningful and lasting impact on our local communities spanning across our branch locations, head office and our colleague’s home locations through fundraising, donations to support charities and non-profit organisations and volunteer time. Overall, in 2024 our teams have given over 3,000 volunteer hours – more than ever before.
Over the past year we’ve aligned our society’s purpose with our community impact strategy and programmes to focus on supporting people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to access emergency and longer-term services to help them towards a safe home.
This strategy has manifested into two charity partnerships, the first with Emmanuel House, a Nottingham-based independent charity working to support people who are homeless, rough sleeping, in crisis or, at risk of homelessness in and around the city. Our donation supports Emmanuel House to develop their portfolio of temporary accommodation and support services to those at immediate risk. Our colleagues have given over 400 hours of volunteer time to Emmanuel House, providing practical help such as painting and donation sorting at their support centre as well as cooking meals at the charity’s winter shelter.
Our second charitable partnership is with UK-wide homelessness charity Shelter. Our donation supports the running of their Sheffield-based emergency helpline which provides vital support to people impacted by unfit housing and at risk of homelessness. Our team members also regularly fundraise for Shelter through taking part in sponsored step challenges, bake offs and book sales to raise money.
We’re continually excited to deepen our purpose-led community mission, to support people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to access essential services. We’ll do this by furthering our charity partnerships and continuing to support causes and issues impacting our local communities through empowering our colleagues to continue giving their time to make a lasting difference.
