Why community matters now more than ever
Coming together during tough times is in our DNA. Here’s how helping others can help you keep smiling through the crisis.
As more people struggle to make ends meet, local communities are discovering that if they work together, they can offer life-changing help and support. Grassroots initiatives are popping up all over the country, and we visited a few to find out how they make it work.
East Ayrshire’s village of Auchinleck has a proud mining history, but with the collapse of the industry in the 1980s the community become isolated and deprived. The Auchinleck Community Development Initiative has helped to revive that sense of community spirit, and the cost-of-living crisis has made their work more important than ever.
Community group Cooking Champions is meeting the needs of some of Enfield’s most vulnerable people with food and meal donations as well as cooking lessons. With one in three children in the borough living in poverty, the group’s work is crucial. And their partnership with other local charities makes them all the more effective.
Then you might need a bank account that’s especially for charities and other not-for-profit organisations.
NatWest Community account is available to account holders over 18 who have the right to be self-employed in the UK. To qualify for free banking, at least one of the parties named in the application must be an existing NatWest personal or business banking customer and your community account's annual credit turnover is less than £100,000.
Coming together during tough times is in our DNA. Here’s how helping others can help you keep smiling through the crisis.
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