Newbury Building Society

Exciting news! After receiving more than 70 amazing entries from across our branch towns and from a range of different ages, our panel of judges have selected an overall winner and 11 runners-up in our Design Your Dream Home calendar competition! 🤩 We're excited to reveal that Lucas, aged 10, from #Abingdon, has won our competition with his entry 'Boy's Kingdom'. 🏆 Check out the finalists below. Calendars will be available to purchase for a small donation from late November. Donations will go to the branch charity partner. Thank you to all of the young people who sent in an entry - we've been blown away by your creativity! 👏 For more information, please visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eWY89v9X

Last Friday, we had the pleasure of attending the Newbury Soup Kitchen Dragon's Breakfast Meeting, to talk about our recent SleepOut in aid of the charity. Emma Gentry, Head of Marketing and Communications at the Society, updated the Dragon's on the importance of fundraising events like this one, how the evening went and our incredible fundraising total. Thank you to Newbury Soup Kitchen and the Soup Dragons for having us! To find out more about our special SleepOut event, please visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eGG2zpcK

As our Community Support Scheme for 2024 draws to a close, we're taking a look back at some of the amazing charities and organisations we've helped this year.   Thank you to the charities and organisations who have been kind enough to welcome us for visits and tours, we feel very lucky to have been able to find out a bit more about what you do. 💙   Applications for our 2025 Community Support Scheme will open later this year. Visit our website for more information: https://lnkd.in/e9eSzH5t

Is 2025 the year you would like to purchase your first home? 🔑 We're here to help you find the best way to own your first home, with our range of mortgages specifically designed with first-time buyers in mind. Visit our website to find out more: https://lnkd.in/e4nVePFP #FirstTimeBuyers #Mortgages #FirstTimeBuyerMortgage

Over the last year we have received funding from the Greenham Trust, Newbury Building Society and the JD Foundation Women and Girls grant to run 15 workshops in primary and secondary schools in West Berkshire. We were able to run 10 primary school sessions for Years 4, 5 and 6 and 5 secondary sessions for a cohort of Year 7's. We ran sessions for just girls on their own but also some mixed sessions where the Year 5 and 6 boys joined in too. Every pupil was given a goodie bag containing a range of disposable products, a wet bag, a reusable period pad and a pair of period pants. These were free for the young pupil to take home with them in the hope they would consider reusable period products when their periods start or switch to them from disposables if they already have their period. Whilst the boys who joined the sessions don't need the products, they were all keen to take them home for their Mums and their sisters. Every session was a joy to deliver and we had some amazing feedback from both the pupils and the staff. There was so much positive feedback to chose from but our absolute favourites were: "Thank you so much! It's the most informative and inclusive period education session I've seen and the goody bags were fabulous. We would be thrilled to welcome you back next year." "I quite liked how she made me feel less embarrassed about what was coming with puberty as she knew all the answers to my questions, I liked learning about the products." "She knew a lot about periods!" We are incredibly proud of how much impact we managed to achieve with such a limited budget. Caroline could see the difference she was making in the classroom as the sessions unfolded and we are incredibly grateful to everyone who funded this piece of work and we hope they can share in our sense of achievement, knowing that there are young people in West Berkshire now better educated on, and better prepared for, their periods. #periodeducationforall #westberkshire #knowyourperiod #periodtalk #periodeducation #menstruationmatters #periodpositive

Just because this month ends on a spooky note doesn’t mean your finances should scare you. 👻 Let us help you ensure this autumn is more treat than trick with an insight into some of the key scams to watch out for now. Visit our website to read more: https://lnkd.in/ghDRx_CR

Last weekend, volunteers from the Society slept out for one night to raise money for our head office charity partner, Newbury Soup Kitchen. The team were joined by other supporters of the charity and Newbury Soup Kitchen themselves, who not only slept out, but provided much-needed warm drinks and food from the Newbury Soup Kitchen van. With your support, we have tripled our fundraising target and raised over £7,000 for the charity! Thank you to everyone who donated, this will make a huge difference to the support that Newbury Soup Kitchen is able to provide to local vulnerable people. To find out more about our special fundraising event, visit our website: https://bit.ly/3AbbTOO

Earlier this month, new rules were introduced about reimbursing victims of Authorised Push Payment (APP) scams. But, what is an APP scam?! APP scams happen when someone tricks you into sending money or sharing personal details under false pretences, often pressuring you to act before you’ve had time to think. These new changes mean stronger protection for most victims, with each claim of APP scams being fully investigated. Want to know more? Head over to our website for more information about APP scams and how these rules impact you: https://lnkd.in/ew-3NFGT Take Five to Stop Fraud

Card fraud is when a criminal steals personal information from your credit or debit card or steals the card itself. What to look out for 👀: - You see an abnormal transaction on your bank statement – call the bank if you know you didn’t approve this. - Your credit card is unexpectedly declined – if this happens, contact your bank immediately. - You receive bills, invoices or receipts that you weren’t expecting – call the company who sent it and check why. #TakeFive #Cardfraud

A huge well done to Alice Pocock, Will Humphries and Liv Hudson who took part in our special Sleepout event on Friday evening, in support of our head office charity partner, Newbury Soup Kitchen. We have raised over £7,000 - an incredible amount! But there is still time to support! To donate, please visit our JustGiving page here: https://lnkd.in/e35BnAPT Thank you and well done to everyone who took part! 👏 Newbury Building Society #Fundraising