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March 2022

Community

Sheffield Metro Bank Magic Money Campaign raises over £1400 for the Children’s Hospital Charity

Sheffield Metro Bank’s Magic Money campaign raised £1,444.05 for The Children’s Hospital Charity.

Community

Marathon Managers’ Charity Run

Metro Bank’s Cardiff store manager, James Ellacott, and assistant store manager, Helen Griffiths, are running in Cardiff’s half marathon to raise much needed funds for the NSPCC.

Community

Bankers Set the Pace for Charity

Colleagues from the UK’s community bank, Metro Bank, recently completed another ‘Winter Walk’ challenge to help raise £1,345 for Evelina London Children's Charity.

Community

Crafty Crufts

Metro Bank colleagues volunteered to help Birmingham Dogs Home at this year’s Crufts – helping out with the stand and kids craft section for which Metro Bank donated 500 windmills, packs of crayons and financial education sheets with colouring in for kids to play with while their parents chatted with the Home staff about donations and adoptions.

Community

Charity Clothing Challenge Accepted

The UK’s community bank, Metro Bank, gives every colleague a Day to Amaze – essentially a paid day off to support a local charity or good cause. Metro Bank colleagues from the corporate affairs department spent their Day to Amaze organising clothes and volunteering for Whitechapel Mission.

Community

Bankers Collect Pounds for Hounds

Metro Bank stores in Birmingham, Solihull, Wolverhampton and Merry Hill will be celebrating the 130th birthday of Birmingham Dogs Home in stores from Monday March 21st – Sunday 27th.

Community

Bradford Metro Bank aims to turn £30 into £3,000 for charity in the Great Accumulator Challenge

Bradford Metro Bank is undertaking the Great Accumulator Challenge to trade up £30 into £3,000 for Martin House Children’s Hospice by the end of March.  The store is also working with many local Bradford businesses to collect prizes for a charity fundraising auction.

Community

Watford Metro Bank Undertakes Mad March for Charity

It’s Mad March for colleagues at Metro Bank’s Watford store as they take on a series of challenges to raise a £1,000 for local charity Home-Start.

Regional

Oxford Metro Bank Celebrates International Women’s Day by Hosting Imposter Syndrome Seminar

In the spirit of celebrating International Women’s Day, Oxford Metro Bank will be hosting a seminar organised by Oxfordshire Women’s Forum. The seminar will focus on imposter syndrome, understanding the different ways that it can manifest itself in everyday life and sharing tools to combat it. The event will take place on Tuesday 15 March at 6pm in Metro Bank’s Queen Street store.

Regional

More Women than Men Start New Businesses - But Access to Funding Remains a Challenge

Post pandemic, women in business are proving very resilient with higher numbers than ever starting new businesses - 145,200 all-female founded companies were created last year, and this figure is growing by over a third each year (37.3%). It means that in total over 20% of new firms are now led by women - a record high

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