Rhyl Yorkshire Building Society supports £1million End Youth Homelessness partnership

The Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) branch, on the High Street, has contributed £1,463 towards a £1million fundraising campaign that has helped over 455 young people and 95 dependent children into their own rented homes.

The YBS has been working with End Youth Homelessness, national movement of local charities in a the three and a half year partnership that offered practical help to homeless young people - aged 16 to 25 - across the UK that were ready to live independently.

Gail Tudball, manager of the Rhyl branch of Yorkshire Building Society, said: “I want to thank everyone in the community here in Rhyl that has supported our partnership with End Youth Homelessness.

"This has enabled us to help hundreds of homeless young people move into their own homes and provide them with the support they need to rebuild their future.

"Through our partnership, we’ve helped young people to overcome some of the enormous financial barriers to living independently like rental deposits, the first month’s rent, or household essentials and furniture.”

It is estimated that 110,000 young people in the UK were homeless or at risk of homelessness last year including 1,173 young people in Denbighshire who contacted Denbighshire County Council in 2018/19.

The money has been raised through activities such as colleague fundraising, public donations, innovative savings accounts and donations from Yorkshire Building Society.

Nicholas Connolly, Managing Director for End Youth Homelessness, said:“We are incredibly proud of this partnership and its legacy is hardwired into our future with the End Youth Homelessness Housing Fund, which builds on the partnership’s Rent Deposit Scheme.

"The hugely successful fundraising by Yorkshire Building Society will fund its first year of operation. We want to say a huge thank you to colleagues and customers at the Society for their support, which has helped change the lives of homeless young people.”