Community

We take great pride in supporting our local communities, volunteering and fundraising for local charities and causes close to our heart. As part of our 70th Anniversary celebrations, aligned with our continuous commitment to local communities, we set ourselves a target of 70 hours’ volunteering in 2023 – and we delivered over 300 hours! Congratulations […]

In Radlett, we helped support local clubs such as the Radlett Bowls Club and Radlett Music Club. Our support also extended throughout the year to the Radlett Horticultural Society, Radlett Choir, and Newberries Primary School summer fair. During Easter, our Radlett and Tring branches held a ‘Guess how many eggs are in the jar’ competition, […]

Stand Up to Cancer Walkies Challenge During the month of April, our Compliance Monitoring Officer, Amanda Andrews, took part in the Stand Up To Cancer Walkies Challenge. Amanda succeeded in walking 60 miles throughout the month with her lovely miniature poodle pup Freddie to help raise much needed funds for life saving cancer research, a […]

In Tring, our support for local events was incredibly active. During the Summer, we sponsored a variety of events including the Tring Together golf day, Tring midsummer fun run and the Aldbury Fair which took place on the early Bank Holiday in May. This was a Fair filled with community, spirit, spring festivities, local crafts, […]

Eva’s Challenge for Diabetes UK Our Financial Crime Officer, Eva Frost, participated in the Swim22 challenge to help raise money for Diabetes UK. Swim22 is a challenge where participants had 3 months (22nd March – 22nd June) to complete a 22 mile swim (for context, this is the length of The English Channel between England […]

Throughout the month of March our Leighton Buzzard team took on the challenge of walking 100km for Sands. Sands work to support anyone affected by pregnancy loss or the death of a baby. They carry out vital work to improve the maternity safety through targeted research, campaigning for change, working with government and reducing inequalities […]

2023 was a busy year for our Harpenden branch and our local support. From a sports club perspective, we sponsored Harpenden Town FC. Keep a look out for our pitch-side board in attendance at their newly renovated Rothamsted Park ground! We also sponsored a hole at the Thrales End golf day and provided sponsorship to […]

With February being the month of love, UK Finance’s Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign is warning people to stay alert to criminals posing as an online love interest. According to the UK Finance 2023 half year fraud update*, a total of £18.5 million was lost to romance scams during January to June 2023, an […]

As of 5th February 2024 we will be operating the following branch opening hours. If your branch is closed and you require our services, please either visit one of our other branches, or contact our Member Services Team on 01582 765411. Remember you can also manage your account(s) online via Harpenden Online.