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24th October 2024
No tricks – just treats! Celebrate Halloween with us & support Yorkshire Cancer Research!
With your help, Team BBS has raised £11,182 so far this year and we’re not stopping! So to keep the momentum going, Beverley Building Society is inviting you to a scarily delicious fundraiser in branch this Halloween, between 10am – 4pm, on Thursday 31 November. Our hauntingly skilled counter team has pulled out all the... View Article
15th August 2024
Donate 4 Cake at Beverley Building Society, from 10am on Wednesday 28 August, in aid of Yorkshire Cancer Research!
We hope you can join us on Wednesday 28 August, from 10am onwards, to support our latest fundraiser, ‘Donate 4 Cake’. Just pop into our branch, in the town’s Saturday Market and make a much-needed donation in return for a delicious cupcake. Alternatively if you can’t make it but would still like to donate simply... View Article
18th June 2024
We smashed the 369-mile ‘Circular’ Bike Challenge target & raised £2,200 for Yorkshire Cancer Research!
Some of Team BBS, outside of the branch in Beverley’s Saturday Market, during the June 2024 BBS-Yorkshire Cancer Research ‘Circular’ Bike Challenge. Photo credit: Just Beverley Magazine. Our loyal members and visitors to Beverley’s Saturday Market, witnessed some competitive cycling outside of our branch during the week of Monday 10th June 2024, as we held... View Article
6th June 2024
Our popular charity bike challenge is back again from 10 June as a 369-mile Yorkshire Cancer Research ‘Circular’
Once again, the team at the East Riding’s only traditional mutual, Beverley Building Society, will turn into competitive cyclists from Monday 10th to Friday 14th June 2024, as they bring their trusty exercise bike into branch, for another cycling marathon. This year the charitable beneficiary is Yorkshire Cancer Research, which funds vital cancer research and... View Article
22nd March 2024
Delighted to announce our 2024 Charity of the Year, Yorkshire Cancer Research – lets start fundraising!
Beverley Building Society’s founding purpose is built on providing great value savings and mortgage solutions, but it also includes working closely with community partners to ensure that Beverley and our East Riding heartland are vibrant and thriving places to live and work. Charitable giving is a key part of this strategy and this year, we’re... View Article
12th March 2024
Proud to have raised over £13,200 for our 2023 Charity of the Year, Dove House Hospice!
Some of our team with Dove House Hospice Corporate Fundraiser, Jonny Bottomley (second from right), celebrating a total of over £13,200 raised from our 2023 Charity of the Year Campaign. By delivering a sustained campaign of Society donations, fundraising, volunteering and PR, Beverley Building Society is proud to have raised over £13,200 to help Dove... View Article
19th October 2023
Our Bike Challenge totalled 467 miles and achieved £2,562.28 for Dove House Hospice!
Our Bike Challenge team, with Dove House representatives, Senior Fundraiser Jethro Shearring far left and Corporate Partnerships representatives far right, outside of branch. Photo courtesy of Just Beverley. Scroll to see more photos further down. Our ‘Coast-to-Coast’ Exercise Bike Challenge, during the week of Monday 2nd to Friday 6th October, was the equivalent distance from... View Article
25th August 2023
We’re cycling 340 miles in a ‘Coast to Coast’ themed Charity Bike Challenge from 2 – 6 October 2023!
Can YOU support our Exercise Bike Challenge between Monday 2nd to Friday 6th October and help us to raise vital funds for Dove House Hospice? What’s involved? For the second consecutive year – and hot on the heels of Team BBS’s entry in the Charity’s It’s A Knockout event last month – we’re bringing our... View Article
14th August 2023
Our It’s A Knockout Photo Gallery!
A huge thank you to everyone who supported Team Beverley Building Society’s in Dove House Hospice’s It’s A Knockout event on 22 July 2023! You helped us to raise no less than £800 help the hospice care for people with life-limiting illnesses and their families across the East Riding region. We’ve got some great memories... View Article
22nd June 2023
Support Beverley Building Society in Dove House Hospice’s It’s A Knockout on 22 July 2023!
As you know the team at BBS are always up for a challenge and never more so than this year… That’s why we’re extremely excited to announce that, as part of the fundraising campaign for our 2023 Charity of the Year, Dove House Hospice, we’re entering a Beverley Building Society Team into one of their... View Article
17th May 2023
Our Dove House Hospice Fundraising Campaign is over half way to our £12k target!
Following the launch of our dedicated #BBS4DoveHouse Just Giving page, and donation of £3,401 to purchase 2 urgently needed syringe drivers in February, we’ve delivered a variety of fundraising and volunteering activities, for our 2023 Charity of the Year, and had great fun in the process! Current Fundraising Total – £6,259! A big thank you... View Article
2nd March 2023
Beverley Building Society’s 2023 Charity of the Year is Dove House Hospice – and they need your support!
We’re absolutely delighted to officially announce Dove House Hospice as our Charity of the Year for 2023! Pictured above are nurses in Dove House Hospice’s Wilberforce Unit. The Charity, based in East Hull, looks after patients over the age of 18 with life-limiting illnesses, and their loved ones, across Hull and the East Riding of... View Article
20th February 2023
Delighted to announce that we raised a total of £9,250 for our 2022 Charity of the Year, to support the lives of vulnerable local people!
Society Director, Karen Wint (third from the left), presenting the cheque for £9,250 as the total raised for our 2022 Charity of the Year, to Jo Ramsay (third from the right), Centre Manager of Cherry Tree Community Centre. Also in the photo are some of our team and volunteers and children from the Centre. After... View Article
14th October 2022
Charity Quiz Night cancelled – but you can still enter the Raffle in branch to win fantastic prizes!
Unfortunately, due to a unforseen circumstances, we have regretfully had to cancel our Charity Quiz Night, which was due to be held at the Beverley Rugby Club, on Friday 25 November 2022. The latest in a sustained programme of events, the Quiz was designed to raise vital income for our Charity of the Year, the... View Article
1st September 2022
Beverley Building Society’s first ever Charity Golf Day raises over £3,000 for our Charity of the Year!
The latest in a programme of events for the Society’s Charity of the Year, the Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre, the Society’s first ever Charity Golf Day was held on 26 August 2022, at arguably the region’ stunning premier course, Hessle Golf Club, at Raywell near Cottingham. The initiative was aimed at giving individuals and... View Article
16th August 2022
Film and TV actor to headline Charity Golf Day!
We are honoured and delighted to announce that the actor and co-founder of East Riding Theatre, Richard Avery, has kindly accepted the role of MC at our Charity Golf Day on 26 August 2022. Former Old Shakespeare Company and West End actor, Richard, has appeared in Coronation Street, Emmerdale, the Bill, Touch of Frost and... View Article
9th August 2022
Bank of England Base Rate Increase
The Bank of England has recently announced its decision to increase its base rate from 1.25% to 1.75%. This is the latest of several rate increases since December 2021. We are closely monitoring the market and will provide further information regarding any impact on our own mortgage and savings rates in due course.
31st May 2022
Enter your team in our Golf Day on 26 August!
Are you a keen golfer and fancy pitting your skills against others with a similar passion for the putt? Well, we’re excited to announce that we will be hosting a Charity Golf Day at Hessle Golf Club* on Friday 26 August 2022, in aid of our Charity of the Year, the Beverley Cherry Tree Community... View Article
19th May 2022
Join our Jubilee Tea Party on Wednesday 25 May!
Make sure you visit our branch on Wednesday 25 May, between 9am and 5pm for our spectacular Jubilee Tea Party, in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Anniversary! You’ll be greeted with a warm welcome from our team and the chance to enjoy a party atmosphere with bunting and balloons. The event is raising vital... View Article
26th April 2022
Announcing our new CEO
Oliver Laird also joins the Board as incoming Audit Chair We are delighted to announce the appointment of Janet Bedford as our new Chief Executive Officer. Janet, formerly Deputy Chief Executive, succeeds Karl Elliott, who led the Society for five years, building a strong brand identity and financial performance. Stuart Purdy, our Chairman, said: “Karl... View Article
14th April 2022
Easter egg appeal for the Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre
This Easter, as part of our commitment to our Charity of the Year, The Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre, we decided to host an Easter egg appeal for the young people who use its services. As you can see, the appeal was a great success, with dozens of eggs donated! The Cherry Tree Centre has... View Article
6th April 2022
Community centre named as ‘charity of the year’
We are very excited to announce that the Cherry Tree Centre is our ‘Charity of the Year’ for 2022! The Cherry Tree Community Centre, based in Beverley’s Cherry Tree Lane, has always been a popular base for residents, pensioners and those in need, and now it is set to benefit from a full year of... View Article
7th March 2022
Beverley BS is ‘Mortgage Provider of the Year’
We are proud to announce that the Society has recently been named ‘Mortgage Lender of the Year’ in the Yorkshire Financial Awards 2022! This is based on the judges’ assessment that: “Beverley Building Society typifies the local focus championed by the Yorkshire Financial Awards. It is a personal-touch lender, focusing on the needs of its community’s... View Article
7th December 2021
Mission Christmas
We’re delighted to be once again supporting the East Yorkshire arm of Mission Christmas, the UK’s largest Christmas toy drive, with a collection box for donations now in pride of place within our branch. Mission Christmas is an annual, national campaign organised by the Cash for Kids appeal run by Viking FM – Planet Radio, with the aim of bringing delight to youngsters aged 0 to 18 across... View Article
4th December 2021
Adding sparkle to Christmas 2021
For many, last Christmas was unimaginably distant from the festivities we once knew. Due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, as a nation we were prohibited from seeing our family members, hugging, attending Christmas parties, and even board games were off the table. Which is why we’re delighted that, all being well, this year’s... View Article
15th November 2021
£1,500 for outstanding local charities
We’re delighted to announce the recipients of our latest round of ‘Charity of the Month’ donations, in the second of a two-part blog series. You can find the first blog to this series here. As we have already mentioned, each month we would usually invite our members to vote for a winner from three nominated organisations, using tokens they receive... View Article
11th November 2021
Six donations, six great causes
We’re delighted to announce the recipients of our latest round of ‘Charity of the Month’ donations, in the first of a two-part blog series. As you may know, we usually encourage our members to vote for a winner from three nominated charities every month, using tokens they receive from our counter when visiting the branch. However, since... View Article
20th July 2021
COVID-19 – continuing to keep you safe
This week we’ve hit an important milestone in our route through the COVID-19 coronavirus, in the form of the removal of restrictions in England. While, of course, we welcome such progress, we are also mindful of the need to balance our optimism with doing what’s right to continue keeping our employees and customers safe. We’re... View Article
14th June 2021
From our members, with love
‘We’re just overwhelmed by this latest show of support from Beverley Building Society members’. That was the reaction from Kate Leaf, Chair of East Yorkshire Food Bank, when we let her know we would be handing over another cheque for £1,000. The money represents 50p for every vote cast at this year’s online AGM. And,... View Article
26th May 2021
Warm welcome for Karen
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve further strengthened our Board with the appointment of Karen Wint as our newest non-executive director. This January, we welcomed Karen Wint, former Chief Operating Officer of Leeds Building Society, to our Board team. Stuart Purdy, Society Chairman, said: “I, along with everyone at the Beverley, am delighted that Karen... View Article