Philanthropy | 13 November 2024

Watch now: How spending on your Coutts Debit Card is supporting UK charities

Every time you use your Coutts Debit Card you could be changing lives through the Coutts Foundation.

Coutts clients are helping thousands of vulnerable people across the UK every time they spend on their Coutts Debit Card. For every transaction made on the card, Coutts will donate 10p to the Coutts Foundation* – a registered charity giving to organisations specialising in supporting women and girls, young people through performing arts and those experiencing homelessness.

By using their Coutts Debit Cards, between July 2022 and July 2024, clients enabled Coutts Bank to release £2 million to charity. Furthermore, clients have also been able to support the work of the Coutts Foundation by donating the Coutts Crowns they earn via THANK YOU FROM COUTTS.

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Our short film highlights how the donations have aided the following charities. 

The connection, London

The Connection supports over 100 people experiencing rough sleeping every day and works tirelessly to reduce the number of people living on the streets by building relationships of trust, providing access to accommodation and appropriate treatment and support. 

“Keep using your Coutts Debit Card. The money of the Foundation is doing work that you won’t see, but you’re making a difference.” 

 

Yasmin Rehman, CEO Juno Women’s Aid

Juno Women’s Aid, Nottingham

Juno’s helpline receives 17,000 calls a year, helping women, 1 in 4 of whom will experience domestic violence or abuse during their lifetime. Juno helps women move on once they have left an abusive space, rebuilding lives so they are not defined by trauma and supporting them on new journeys, from qualifications to motherhood. 

“The security provided by this funding has meant that the Foundation has transformed the lives of thousands more people across the UK.” 

 

Clare Richards MBE, Director, The Coutts Foundation

Immediate Theatre, London

Immediate’s youth theatre sessions help build life skills and trust for Hackney’s young people, 45% of whom live in poverty. Almost all those being given confidence and new skills by Immediate live in poverty. 

Learn more about donating Coutts Crowns through THANK YOU FROM COUTTS

About the Coutts Foundation

The mission of The Foundation is to support sustainable approaches to tackle the causes and consequences of poverty, focusing on the communities where Coutts has a presence.

This builds on the legacy of Angela Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) who was concerned with breaking cycles of poverty and providing basic human needs.

Currently, the core focus of The Foundation is supporting vulnerable women and girls, as well as empowering young people through the performing arts. The Coutts Foundation is an independent corporate foundation supported by Coutts. 

Learn more about the Coutts Foundation

*For each transaction using your debit card, Coutts & Co. will donate 10p to the Coutts Charitable Foundation (registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, number 1150784), up to a maximum of £1,000,000 per year. See coutts.com/positivity for more information. 

The Coutts Debit Card is available to Coutts clients. Coutts client eligibility criteria, terms and conditions apply.

thank you from coutts

THANK YOU FROM COUTTS is our exclusive reward programme which thanks clients for their loyalty. As a THANK YOU FROM COUTTS member, clients earn Coutts Crowns which can either be redeemed for a range of luxury rewards or gifted to benefit others. Coutts Crowns can be earned in a number of ways, including through spend on a Coutts Silk or Coutts Debit Card. To earn Crowns on Coutts Debit Card spend, you need to hold a Coutts Silk Card.

You have to be a private current account holder, age 18 or over, to be a member of THANK YOU FROM COUTTS. Full terms can be found at coutts.com/thank-you.

SILK CARD

SILK CHARGE CARD REPRESENTATIVE 0 % APR VARIABLE

SILK CREDIT CARD REPRESENTATIVE 14.7 % APR VARIABLE

 

Over 18s only

Both cards available to Coutts clients only. Your credit limit will depend on our credit assessment of you. You should always aim to pay your credit card balance every month to make sure the benefit of crowns outweighs any interest costs.

The actual APR you will receive will depend on your circumstances. 

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