Santander has donated £100,000 to Citizens Advice to distribute to its bureaux network in England and Wales. It is anticipated that the donation will benefit up to 20 regional bureaux.

Santander regularly receives applications from local bureaux and decided providing the donation to the central Citizens Advice will ensure, through their expertise, that areas of greatest need will receive a Santander grant.

Bureaux across the network in England and Wales will be invited by Citizens Advice to apply for funding for existing projects or to set-up new financial capability training initiatives.

Gillian Guy, chief executive officer of Citizens Advice, said: “Over the years we have received a tremendous amount of support from Santander for our financial capability work.  This donation will allow many of our bureaux across the network to continue their training programmes and also enable others, who are not already involved, to do so.”