Charity Bank has recruited Paul Harrison as Senior Manager of Charity Bank in the North.
With a career spanning over 30 years in banking, Paul joined Charity Bank as a loans assessor in October 2008 and has now been appointed to head up the team at the bank’s regional office in Leeds.
Before joining Charity Bank, Paul – a keen tennis player, who lives just outside Halifax – worked at Nat West, TSB and HBOS, and was previously the Senior Lending Manager at Alliance & Leicester, with responsibility for lending to housing associations and the public sector.
Says Paul, ahead of a reception in York on Thursday 25 February, to thank its customers and partners for their support: “I am excited about the opportunity to further expand my work with the charitable sector.
“The organisations we meet are doing inspiring work in deprived communities, often with minimum resources, and both the team and myself are committed to supporting them in their mission to tackle social issues such as homelessness, unemployment and lack of community facilities.”
Charity Bank’s first regional office was set up, thanks to the support of Yorkshire Forward, in June 2007. Since then the team has been providing specialist financial services to charities and social enterprises in Yorkshire and Humberside.
Alongside a loans service, the team runs an investment readiness programme, comprising a series of workshops aimed at charitable sector organisations considering loan finance.
Says Helen Thomson, Assistant Director of Economic Inclusion at Yorkshire Forward: “Through its mix of loan finance, grant funding and business support, Charity Bank in the North is helping to create organisations that are able to thrive in this time of economic uncertainty.
“The team is enabling charities, social enterprises and voluntary organisations to carry on their work, offering vital services to the most vulnerable people in the region, and creating jobs and income for communities.”
For more information about its loan service or deposit products, or its investment readiness programme, visit
www.charitybank.org or call the team on 01732 774040.