The Community Investment Coalition has today written this letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in response to the Budget: Letter to the Chancellor, 18th March 2015. The letter covers four steps that UK Government can… Continue reading
Archives for March 2015
Month: March 2015
CIC press release: Financial Inclusion Commission urges UK Government to improve financial health of the nation
The Community Investment Coalition (CIC) has warmly welcomed the Financial Inclusion Commission’s report ‘Improving the financial health of the nation’. The Financial Inclusion Commission’s work has highlighted the vulnerability of private finances and the lack of… Continue reading
Financial Inclusion Commission calls for new Minister for Financial Health
New report sets out vision for financially inclusive Britain and recommends measures to promote sustainability of community finance and for banks and other lenders to work more closely with community finance firms Continue reading
Winners announced in the 2015 Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards
Outstanding entrepreneurs and community lenders celebrated at national awards for their achievements in creating jobs, services and prosperity in their communities. Continue reading
CIC press release: ‘People Powered Prosperity’ urges national government to embrace meaningful localism
The Community Investment Coalition (CIC) welcomes an innovative book on localism by New Weather Institute. ‘People Powered Prosperity’ sets out a new narrative for very local economics, based on local financial and enterprise institutions, which should… Continue reading
Citizens UK launches proposal to save half a million people from debt
A proposal to use £200m of fines on banks and payday lenders to support community finance organisations such as credit unions has today been launched by the national community organising charity Citizens UK. The idea, which is supported by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Task Group on Responsible Credit and Savings, would see the creation of a Community Finance Foundation to help ethical alternatives to high-cost credit expand their reach and improve their sustainability. It is estimated that over the next five years such a venture would help 500,000 people avoid high-cost credit, saving them over £200m per year in interest and fees and reducing the cost of problem debt on wider society by £1.4bn. Continue reading