LATEST NEWS
Credit Union Conference 17 January – tickets now available
Tickets are now available here for our third CFCFE credit union conference this coming January in Manchester. Our theme is Serving the Needs of Members Today and Tomorrow. The programme will include a session on leadership with the inspirational Drew Povey (seen on...
New publication: credit union values
“What is the most overlooked quality of the world’s most successful credit unions? Answer: their values.” So opens this thought-provoking paper on credit union values by Ed Mayo, the Secretary General of Co-operatives UK and a member of the CFCFE Research Advisory...
New Year New Podcast
Communications professional and long-time credit unionist Chris Smith has launched the UK’s first credit union-focused podcast series, ‘Chris Smith is Talking Credit Unions’. This exciting new addition to the movement’s resources offers interviews with relevant...
LATEST RESEARCH PAPER
Summary of Proceedings, Members Conference 18 January 2019
This is a brief record of the presentations and discussions that took place at our recent conference in Manchester, attended by 100 delegates from the movement in England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Romania and Scotland. The report can be downloaded here or by clicking the image to the right. The themes were Collaboration and Communities, with presentations from several practitioners.
A number of key points, practical insights and learning outcomes emerged during the day. At the close, Dr Paul Jones, Director of Research, picked out just a few, including the importance for collaboration of:
- Clarity about business outcomes
- Good and effective governance – and the role of the board in driving collaboration
- Coping with the loss of autonomy
- Recognising that there is not one sole path to collaboration – there are multiple models and approaches
- Developing relationships based on trust.
In partnership with
The Centre for Community Finance Europe works in collaboration with the Research Unit for Financial Inclusion at Liverpool John Moores University.
