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Our opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period

By Elliot Ashby / 18th December 2023 / Comments Off on Our opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period

Our opening hours over the Christmas period remain as normal. Our branches will however be closed on: – Monday 25th December 2023 – Tuesday 26th December 2023 – Monday 1st January 2024 Our Head Office will be closed from 5pm on Friday 22nd December 2023 and will reopen again on Wednesday 27th December until 5:30pm Friday 29th […]

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Volunteering 2023

By Elliot Ashby / 14th December 2023 / Comments Off on Volunteering 2023

As part of our 70th anniversary, the Society committed to 70 hours volunteering for local causes throughout the year. We are delighted to announce we achieved over 300 hours of volunteering in total which is way beyond our initial goal. An amazing effort by colleagues as we continue supporting local charities, events and organisations which […]

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Industry Insight – Complex mortgages – Multigenerational ownership creating new opportunities for brokers

By Richard Steed / 4th December 2023 / Comments Off on Industry Insight – Complex mortgages – Multigenerational ownership creating new opportunities for brokers

Download the article – Complex mortgages – Multigenerational ownership creating new opportunities for brokers There are a range of situations that lead to a complex mortgage application. Multigenerational living is one and can produce a complicated mortgage scenario. Some lenders shy away from this type of financing but Harpenden, as a specialist lender, provides strong options […]

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Personal Finance Award Winners

By Elliot Ashby / 1st December 2023 / Comments Off on Personal Finance Award Winners

We are delighted to announce we are proud winners of the Best Junior/Children’s Savings Provider at the 2023 Personal Finance Awards. This caps off a great year for the company as we add to our award earlier in the year of being the Best Local Building Society at the 2023 What Mortgage Awards.

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Small Acts of Kindness – Volunteering 2023

By Elliot Ashby / 22nd November 2023 / Comments Off on Small Acts of Kindness – Volunteering 2023

Small Acts of Kindness (SAOK) are a charity that source and distribute practical gifts to older people in Hertfordshire. Their aim is to ensure that every older person feels warm in their home and connected to their community. They do this by sourcing and distributing practical gifts that reduce the negative impact that feeling lonely […]

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Message to our members – Harpenden Online – scheduled maintenance Sunday 19th November

By Richard Steed / 14th November 2023 / Comments Off on Message to our members – Harpenden Online – scheduled maintenance Sunday 19th November

We will be carrying out some scheduled maintenance to our Harpenden Online platform on Sunday 19th November between 8:30am and 12pm – so this service will be unavailable during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and normal service will resume after 12pm. We thank you for your patience during this time.

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Our multi-year commitment to Youth Talk

By Elliot Ashby / 8th November 2023 / Comments Off on Our multi-year commitment to Youth Talk

Our Endowment Fund in collaboration with Hertfordshire Community Foundation, helps support children, health and local community projects primarily within the geographic area of Hertfordshire but also Bedfordshire. One of our grants is a multi-year commitment helping to support local charity Youth Talk. Youth Talk are a St Albans based charity that provides confidential counselling/ psychotherapy […]

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Our grant to Harpenden Connect

By Elliot Ashby / 8th November 2023 / Comments Off on Our grant to Harpenden Connect

Our Endowment Fund in collaboration with Hertfordshire Community Foundation helps support children, health and local community projects primarily within the geographic area of Hertfordshire but also Bedfordshire. One of our recent grants is helping to support local charity Harpenden Connect. Harpenden Connect provides, operates and maintains transport facilities for the people in the AL5 area (Harpenden, […]

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Our grant to Open Door

By Elliot Ashby / 8th November 2023 / Comments Off on Our grant to Open Door

Our Endowment Fund in collaboration with Hertfordshire Community Foundation, helps support children, health and local community projects primarily within the geographic area of Hertfordshire but also Bedfordshire. One of our recent grants is helping to support local charity Open Door. Open Door is a community-run space that is set up to serve the community of […]

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Our grant to Leeanna’s Wish

By Elliot Ashby / 8th November 2023 / Comments Off on Our grant to Leeanna’s Wish

Our Endowment Fund in collaboration with Hertfordshire Community Foundation, helps support children, health and local community projects primarily within the geographic area of Hertfordshire but also Bedfordshire. One of our recent grants is helping to support local charity Leeanna’s Wish. Leeanna’s Wish was inspired by Cleo Leeanna, who lost her fight with cancer in 2016. […]

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