The RBS Group also contributes to various projects throughout the UK to improve communities and the lives of the people involved. For example, over the last two years it has provided funding and advice to:
-the regeneration programme of a housing estate in Scotland. This won a national award for including the local residents
-the development of a hospital in Portsmouth and four schools across the country
-the provision of free-access cash machines in deprived areas in Scotland
-the setting up of school banks where students manage the banks themselves to learn a practical approach to numeracy and personal finance.