Community

In Tring, our support for local events was incredibly active. During the Summer, we sponsored a variety of events including the Tring Together golf day, Tring midsummer fun run and the Aldbury Fair which took place on the early Bank Holiday in May. This was a Fair filled with community, spirit, spring festivities, local crafts, […]

Eva’s Challenge for Diabetes UK Our Financial Crime Officer, Eva Frost, participated in the Swim22 challenge to help raise money for Diabetes UK. Swim22 is a challenge where participants had 3 months (22nd March – 22nd June) to complete a 22 mile swim (for context, this is the length of The English Channel between England […]

Throughout the month of March our Leighton Buzzard team took on the challenge of walking 100km for Sands. Sands work to support anyone affected by pregnancy loss or the death of a baby. They carry out vital work to improve the maternity safety through targeted research, campaigning for change, working with government and reducing inequalities […]

2023 was a busy year for our Harpenden branch and our local support. From a sports club perspective, we sponsored Harpenden Town FC. Keep a look out for our pitch-side board in attendance at their newly renovated Rothamsted Park ground! We also sponsored a hole at the Thrales End golf day and provided sponsorship to […]

With February being the month of love, UK Finance’s Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign is warning people to stay alert to criminals posing as an online love interest. According to the UK Finance 2023 half year fraud update*, a total of £18.5 million was lost to romance scams during January to June 2023, an […]

As of 5th February 2024 we will be operating the following branch opening hours. If your branch is closed and you require our services, please either visit one of our other branches, or contact our Member Services Team on 01582 765411. Remember you can also manage your account(s) online via Harpenden Online.

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 […]

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 […]

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.