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The British Heart Foundation has been handed an annual affinity account payment of almost £8,500 from Furness Building Society as part of the ‘You Save – We Give’ commitment to the UK charity.

Area fundraising and volunteer manager Stephen Layden received the cheque from Furness Chief Executive Nigel Quinton.  Pictured with them are the BHF mascot Mr Hearty and local fund raising organiser Ray Short.

Under the arrangement with Furness Building Society savers with British Heart Foundation affinity accounts receive healthy interest on their money, and the Society makes an annual payment from its own funds to the charity, equivalent to 1 percent of the average total deposits in the all of the BHF accounts.

Stephen Layden commented: “The annual payment made by the Society is a valuable boost to our fund raising efforts and our supporters are earning money for the charity simply by saving in the affinity accounts without touching any of their own cash.  It is a perfect ‘win-win’ situation for the British Heart Foundation and our supporters.”