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Save locally and make an ethical investment

Reading Time: 2 minutesAre you looking for a way to reach out and support members of your local community? Creating an ethical investment is not easy, however, by joining your local community credit union you can open doors for local people. Who are we? We are a not-for-profit cooperative based in Burnage. For

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Proud of 700 5 star Google reviews

Reading Time: 2 minutesLets celebrate together As a community credit union, local people are at the heart of everything we do. We are delighted to announce we have hit 700 5-star Google reviews! Reviews are massively important to us – they allow our members to express how they feel about our services. They

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GM Ringway – Tom Ross’ story

Reading Time: 3 minutesSummer is here! We are all looking for ways to get out the house and spend time with friends and family. Sometimes summer days out can get quite expensive – however they do not have to be. Exploration and having new experiences is what Summer’s about. This Summer you can

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£30 million lending milestone – a massive step

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe have recently celebrated a massive lending milestone here in at South Manchester Credit Union. Since we were founded in 2000 we have strived to provide our local community with flexible loan products and secure savings for all our members.  Through the hard work of our volunteers, team members, board

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Credit Union Advantages: The benefits of Credit Unions

Reading Time: 5 minutesCredit union advantages are often not very well known. We’re confident that if you knew about the credit union advantages and benefits, you would already be a member! When it comes to your money, you should be reaping all the rewards you deserve. Think for a moment about where you

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Cost of living support – Cost of Living Emergency Plan

Reading Time: 5 minutesHello everyone – Ryan here. Just wanted to quickly introduce myself before we get started on today’s blog about cost of living support. I’m the newest member of the marketing team here at South Manchester Credit Union. I really am enjoying bringing you guys the best content we can. We

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The best views from Winter 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis December we asked for your favourite Christmas and Winter views, as always we were amazed by the amount of photos we received highlighting the beauty in our community. We created a gallery with some of the photos, you will find family, picturesque views and of course dogs. We had

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The Sounds of South Manchester

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow it started  At the beginning of the month we sat and discussed what steps and actions we could take to help benefit our members and our community, we wanted to give back and attempt to draw people together during such uncertain times. After a lot of consideration, we decided

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Honouring our credit union pioneers

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis month we celebrated the pioneer members who helped shape South Manchester Credit Union. These hard-working volunteers were treated to a well-deserved afternoon tea at Cloud 23 to honour their dedication to help the credit union reach its 21st birthday. South Manchester Credit Union started as a purely volunteer-run organisation.

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Savings account bonus – Earn up to £5,000 with Prize Saver

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn partnership with 14 credit unions across Britain, we offer the Government’s credit union PrizeSaver Scheme. Our members can win up to £5,000 a month which is the savings account bonus. The initiative aims to help people increase their financial resilience while boosting awareness and membership of credit unions. What

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Greater Manchester Community Credit Unions united to unveil £15m financial support in Covid recovery plan

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 2020 eight community credit unions joined together to launch a Covid-19 recovery plan. The plan offered £15m in financial support to millions of people across Greater Manchester. http://youtube.com/watch?v=2-Onp-dell8&t=18s Sound Pound offered financial support The consortium, known as SoundPound, showed communities across the region that there was light at the

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