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Santander’s Changemaker Fund has surpassed £1 million in matched funding and support from the crowd for charities, social enterprises and community projects across the UK. The Fund, in partnership with Crowdfunder, supports organisations looking to deliver social change in their local communities.

Bloom Bakery and Catering, a Lewisham-based community programme which supports people looking to re-enter employment by teaching them food handling and bakery skills, has received £4,500 of matched funding from Santander’s innovative Changemaker Fund.

Coventry & District Credit Union Limited has received a £5,000 grant to fund a community-based financial network aimed at boosting financial capability in the local area.

Wellington-based dementia care charity Reminiscence Learning has received a grant of £5,000 to help boost its outdoor dementia awareness courses for young people and activity courses for those affected by dementia across Somerset.

• Firms include Burt’s Snacks, Crème d’Or, Eat Natural, Franklin and Sons Ltd, Millennium Group, Taylors of Harrogate and Tiptree
• Trade mission seeks to open up opportunities in cuisine market worth over $6bn

In his new role as UK Head of Automotive, Rail & Marine, Santander Corporate & Commercial, Sean will be leading the sub-sectors team to develop the proposition for UK manufacturers. Based in London, Sean will report to Paul Brooks, UK Head of Manufacturing for Santander Corporate & Commercial Banking.

The management team at Mansfield-headquartered Express Hose & Fittings, a hydraulic and pneumatic hose manufacturer, has successfully completed a management buy-out (MBO) following £368,000 in funding from Santander Business Banking.

The Ship on the Shore, the renowned seafood restaurant in Leith, Edinburgh, has completed the redevelopment of a new bar area after receiving £550,000 funding from Santander Business Banking.

Swindon-based Excalibur Communications, a leading UK telecoms and IT solutions service provider, has undergone a Management Buy-Out (MBO) supported with significant funding from Santander Corporate & Commercial.

• Santander is the first major UK High Street bank to offer Fitbit Pay
• Available to personal and business Santander debit and credit card customers
• Can be used with Fitbit Versa and Fitbit Ionic

Community arts charity Inter-Action MK has received a grant of £5,000 to fund workshops in schools across Milton Keynes, with the aim of educating young people on democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, respect and tolerance of those with different faiths.

Welsh Hearts has received £5,000 to fund the installation of defibrillators in public places across Wales. The aim in providing public access defibrillators is to support local communities in dramatically improving the chances of survival for a person who is having a heart attack.

Wells Community Hospital Trust has received £5,000 in funding to go towards a new outreach gardening programme delivered by the Nurture Project, a group that uses horticulture to improve the mental health of its participants. The project aims to provide year-round therapy sessions to adults with mild to moderate mental health issues, using supervised gardening to promote adult mental and physical wellbeing in a safe and friendly environment.

On 25^th April 2018, Santander UK will officially open its newly designed and refurbished branch on 24 Market Street, Ashby de la Zouch.

• Santander Mortgages identifies three tribes of first-time buyer, each with a bold approach to saving for a property deposit
• Alternatives: Over 40 per cent of first-time buyers turn to alternative finance to fund their deposit, including crowdfunding, selling raffle tickets and ‘bonds’
• Boomerangers: More than a third (38 per cent) of first-time buyers opt to move back home for two years to save for a deposit, with a further 15 per cent willing to stay up to five years to save more
• Minimalists: Almost two million Brits planning to buy a property are willing to switch nutritious meals for pot noodles in a desperate bid to save funds

Citizens Advice Tunbridge Wells & District has received £5,000 to fund budgeting and money management sessions for vulnerable people in the area.

• As well as being faster, the service also shows customers the exact amount that will be received in the destination currency before they make the transfer. 
• The new service, known as ‘Santander One Pay FX’, makes it possible for customers to complete international transfers on the same day in many cases or by the next day. 
• It is now available for retail customers in Spain from their online banking app or Supernet, and UK, Brazil and Poland, with the bank expecting to roll the service out across more countries in the coming months. 

The Great Commission Society has received £5,000 to fund a project that aims to provide help and support to vulnerable young people, improve self-esteem, and dissuade them from engaging in antisocial behaviour. Those benefiting from this project are students aged between 11 and 16 based in Liverpool.

• 72 per cent of parents say their children understand the importance of saving money to plan for the future
• Almost a third (32 per cent) of parents wish they had been taught about saving by their parents
• 41 per cent of money given to children is put into savings 

Tamworth-based The Malted Waffle Company, the UK’s leading waffle machine and waffle-based food product manufacturer, has secured funding from Santander Business Banking to help it start to export into international markets including Europe and the United Arab Emirates. The business is looking to capitalise on the strong momentum it has in the UK to expand overseas and capture new growth opportunities.