News Archive
Meet our New Directors – Jaye Martin
Meet our new Directors is a short profile series our five brilliant new Directors , elected to our Board at our June AGM. Here we meet Jaye Martin. CCF: Hi Jaye! Thanks for talking to us today. Could you start us off by tell us what your day job is? JM: I’m currently taking a […]
Meet our new Directors – Adrian Smith
Meet our new Directors is a short profile series our five brilliant new Directors , elected to our Board at our June AGM. Here we meet Adrian Smith CCF: Hi Adrian! Let’s get started! Could you tell us what your day job is? AS: I’m the Chief Executive of Reclaim Fund Ltd, a financial services […]
Happy International Credit Union Day!
Today, October 21st 2021, is the 73rd anniversary of the first International Credit Union Day! Through the pandemic, we have been heartened to see news stories of Credit Unions providing opportunities – and removing the space for loan sharks and payday lenders. If you’ve not encountered Credit Unions before – what are they? Credit unions […]
Meet our new Directors – Nankunda Katangaza
Meet our new Trustees is a short profile series our five brilliant new Trustees , elected to our Board at our June AGM. Here we meet Nankunda Katangaza CCF: Hi there Nankunda! Great to meet you. To start, could you tell us what your day job is? NK: I am a co-founder and director of […]
Lending and Relationship Manager – recruitment opportunities at Co-operative & Community Finance
Lending and Relationship Manager Salary: Starting at £43,000 up to £50,000 pa + benefits. Closing date: 10am, 13th October 2021 Supportive loan finance to help people take control of their economic lives and create social benefit This is your chance to be part of an award-winning organisation that has been supporting the co-operative and […]
Community Ownership Fund
Co-operative and Community Finance (CCF) welcome the launch of the Governments UK wide Community Ownership Fund (COF). CCF has long been a supporter of communities taking ownership and control of the assets people need to access for everyday things and services they value in their communities. Over the past 48 years CCF have helped finance […]
Happy International Day of Co-operatives!
Today is the 27th International Day of Cooperatives recognised by the United Nations and the 99th International Cooperative Day. Cooperation is a human value. It’s easy to be scared as we (hopefully) come out of Covid – there’s been a lot to be scared about and for some, fear can mean turning inward. We’ve loved […]
Welcome to five fantastic new Directors!
We are pleased to report our second online Zoom AGM, on Wednesday, 23rd June, ran without a hitch. A recording of the AGM will be available on our website in the coming weeks, but we couldn’t wait to announce that we are delighted to have welcomed five new Director/ Trustees to the boards of the […]
Be the change you want to see in the world
Do you want to be part of the shift towards more co-operative, democratic business? Why not join us, this Co-op Fortnight? Here at Co-operative and Community Finance, we are the lender for social purpose. We exist to help people take control of their economic lives and create social benefit. We exclusively serve the co-operative and […]
The results are in – and they’re fantastic!
Thank you to everyone who took part in our Annual Survey! We’re delighted to say that the results are in and they make for enjoyable reading after what’s been a difficult year all round. This year we sent out our survey with sister company the Co-op Loan Fund and received our highest ever number of […]