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• £4.7m awarded to 94 UK charities for Nationwide’s 2022 Community Grants programme
• Grants ranging from £10,000 to £50,000, decided by Nationwide members and employees

Nationwide Building Society’s Bromley Branch is providing a helping hand to its members by offering support and advice on how to use its Mobile Banking App.

• Chris is founder of igloo Regeneration – the UK’s leading responsible real estate business
• Acted as one of the UK’s Built Environment Climate Ambassadors for COP26 summit in Glasgow
• He will advise the Society on sustainability, climate change and its green homes ambition
• igloo currently works with the building society on its EPC-A rated development at Oakfield

• Nationwide’s latest Spending Report tracked c190m transactions made by members in February
• Overall spending down 9% vs January: Non-essential spending down 4% and essential spend down 12%
• 15% increase in spending in February on utilities and other bills versus 2021 as cost of living rises
• But spending on holidays and getaways flies in face of pressure as nation prepares to take a break in 2022
• Travel spending also up 12% from January as people return to office after WFH guidance was lifted

• New issue of 1 Year Triple Access Online ISA with increased rate launching Thursday 17 March
• Society to increase rate on Triple Access Online Saver with new issue launched the same day
• Nationwide is also introducing new one and two-year fixed rate products – both ISAs and Bonds

• Purchase and advance fee scams involving pets rose 39 per cent between 2020 and 2021
• Average amount lost to reported scams involving pets around £1,400
• Separate poll suggests scams involving dogs are most prevalent
• 12% would use social media to find a pet while 32% would pay a deposit before meeting the animal
• New research comes as world’s biggest dog show Crufts currently takes place in Birmingham

• £335,000 awarded to 72 charities across five regions in Northern Ireland
• Up to £5k given per charity as part of Society’s Northern Ireland Community Fund
• Charities chosen with a focus on mental health, children and community services

Nationwide Building Society is today launching new three and five year Fixed Rate Online Bonds.

• Money worries see six in ten people go to work when ill, according to new poll from Nationwide
• One in three ignore doctor’s advice due to financial concerns, even when worried about serious illness
• Three in ten have no financial protection if they were off work while 27% could only last a month
• But less than three in ten have an income protection policy should they fall ill or become injured
• Nationwide Injury & Illness insurance can help protect income if off work for four weeks or more

• Nationwide’s Spending Report analyses nearly 200m card and direct debit transactions in January
• Annual spending growth up 18%, despite Plan B restrictions, reflecting a country more open than last January
• Non-essential spend rockets by 43 per cent as people book holidays, flights and cruises for 2022
• Essential spend up 15 per cent on last year with spending on utilities and bills up nine percent year-on-year
• Payments via mobile phone continue to thrive – transactions up a staggering 179 per cent on January last year