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Hold the date! Successful lending – conference 21 May 2019
The feedback from members and other attendees at our first credit union conference in Manchester in January indicates that it was a great success. Many members have suggested we organise another one – sooner rather than later. So on Tuesday 21st May we will bring
Legislative reform for credit unions
Feedback from CFCFE members in Britain and Ireland has identified legislation as a barrier to the development of the sector in both jurisdictions. In Britain, despite previous improvements, some credit union leaders believe that the legislation (and regulation) is still
Why measure social impact?
Last weekend, Nick was delighted to join colleagues Pat McGinn (Small Change Ltd) and David Batten (CFCFE member Hoot Credit Union) to present to ABCUL conference attendees on measuring social impact. The presentation did not get into the details of the toolkit we are d
Lending linked to government payments
Many community credit unions in Britain, including several of our members, have recently had considerable success in meeting member borrowing needs through the provision of loans where repayments are made directly from social security payments, in particular child benef
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.
