40 charities and community groups across the UK have all been chosen to receive a £1,000 pot of funding after being nominated by mortgage brokers and employees of intermediary firms.

Skipton Intermediaries, the intermediaries arm of Skipton Building Society, launched Community Giving to give brokers the chance to reward charities and community groups which support housing and homelessness. More than 90 nominations were received and now the 40 successful good causes have been announced.

In what is believed to be the first partnership of its kind with the UK’s intermediary market, Skipton, the UK’s fourth largest building society, provided the funding while brokers identified those organisations that deserved to receive a donation.

Brokers and employees of intermediary firms nominated their favourite organisations for a £1,000 donation by completing a form on Skipton Intermediaries’ website.

Paul Fenn (pictured), Skipton’s head of business development, said: “Skipton’s new Community Giving scheme enables brokers and employees of intermediary firms across the country to nominate those groups which are doing great work and help them access a £1,000 pot of cash.

“We are delighted to announce the first 40 community groups and charities to receive funding and we hope our donation enables them to continue to make a real difference in their work. It’s a fantastic partnership which benefits truly deserving causes.

“We thought this scheme was something intermediaries everywhere would want to get involved in and we were right.”