As a voluntary director of the North Yorkshire Credit Union I am pleased to announce that, after more than five years of hard graft, it is finally here and open for business. If you live or work in North Yorkshire you can now join this mutual (not for profit) organisation, which allows people to save and borrow relatively small amounts of money at reasonable rates of interest.
The new North Yorkshire Credit Union has been created, with the help of North Yorkshire County Council, through a major investment in the existing York Credit Union.
This was the first project I worked on when I joined North Yorkshire County Council and supporting its launch now fits within my responsibilities on the Council's Executive. I quickly became convinced that this kind of organisation, with government guaranteed savings and modest but affordable short term loans, available to most people, could play a vital part to people's economic well being. I was so keen to see it succeed that I got myself elected onto its Board of Directors and I would urge all residents of North Yorkshire to support and make use of this worthy venture.
The rebranded and fully interactive North Yorkshire Credit Union web site launches soon, but you can find out more and join now on the current York Credit Union site:
NB My posts include my personal opinions, which are not necessarily shared by the organisations of which I am a member.
