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For the good of society

We’re guided by a social purpose and aim to make our communities better places to live. We donate at least 1% of pre-tax profits to good causes.

Nationwide Fairer Futures

Nationwide Fairer Futures is about helping those who have been dealt an unfair hand.

We’re working with partners to tackle 4 of the biggest issues we see in society today:

Find out more about Nationwide Fairer Futures

The Nationwide Foundation

Each year 25% of our funding goes to the Nationwide Foundation.

This independent charity works to create lasting change to tackle disadvantage in the UK. Its vision is for everyone to have a decent home that they can afford.

Learn about the Nationwide Foundation

Understand the difference we make

In 2007 our members voted to donate at least 1% of our pre-tax profits to charities.

Our social impact report shows how we spent our charitable donations in the previous year. In the 2023/24 financial year, this came to £15.5 million.

Read our social impact report - PDF 2.5MB (opens in a new window)

Money Lessons – financial education for school children

In partnership with the Visa Towns Fund, Nationwide has launched CPD accredited Financial Education training and ready-made lesson plans to help teachers build confidence in delivering money related lessons.

The training supports teachers to deliver Nationwide’s Money Lessons for Key Stages 2 and 3 (years 3 to 9, ages 7 to 14). It aligns with the Financial Education Framework and the PSHE and Citizenship parts of the Department for Education National Curriculum.

Committed to inclusion and diversity, Nationwide has designed all learning content to be Special Educational Needs friendly so every child can access financial education.

Go to Money Lessons

Supporting volunteering and fundraising

We encourage our colleagues to support the charities close to their hearts through fundraising and volunteering. And we will be encouraging them to support Fairer Futures too.

We do this by:

  • giving colleagues up to 14 hours of paid leave each year to support a charitable cause

  • matching fundraising for UK registered charities, up to £100 per colleague.

  • offering grants of up to £10,000 that colleagues can apply for in order to support a charity close to their heart.

  • enabling colleagues to donate the last pence of their monthly pay to one of our charity partners each month.

  • enabling colleagues to donate money directly from their salary to any UK registered charity.

  • having a network of Social Impact leads who encourage teams and individuals to fundraise, volunteer and raise awareness of our charity partners.

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