Metro Bank Lead Credit Risk Manager Lee Green has taken a MIDAS mini-bus exam so he can drive children to Leeds & District Camp.
Metro Bank gives every employee a ‘Day to Amaze’ – essentially a paid day off to support a local charity or good cause. Lee used his to support the Leeds & District Camp organised by charity St. Vincent de Paul Society. The camp provides children from inner city areas of West Yorkshire including Leeds and Bradford with a week’s holiday they would not otherwise have had.
The St Vincent de Paul Society has been organising camps since 1921. The Camp must raise around £20,000 each year to run, and takes place in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.
Lee said: “It’s great working for a community bank which helps us support local good causes. Local schools give us use of their minibuses without charge, but they insist all drivers have passed the MIDAS test. I was pleased to pass the test as driving the minibus is only part of my volunteering duties. I help at the camp for a week every year – long days, but incredibly rewarding.”
