Community Finance Bulletin - August 2023 - community finance updates

Sep 13, 2026

Community Finance Bulletin for August 2023 delivers an update for credit unions, Community Finance Development Institutions (CDFIs) and other community finance providers. It introduces Vince Cox as the new Community Finance Engagement Manager and outlines priorities for deeper collaboration. The bulletin also explains the development of a Community Finance Resilience Fund funded via the Dormant Assets Scheme, highlights progress from an awareness-raising campaign, summarizes key research including illegal moneylending and deductions research, and provides PR and social media toolkit resources to support sector engagement.

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Pages4

Reading Time2 min

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Working together

Our new Community Finance Engagement Manager

Co-designing our Community Finance Resilience Fund

An update from our awareness raising campaign

Research projects we think you’ll be interested in

As one door closes – Illegal Moneylending research

Deductions research

Improving the financial inclusion of people from minority ethnic groups

Tools and resources

Credit union media, PR and social media toolkit

Community Finance Bulletin August 2023 Something new just for you Hello and welcome to our new regular update, specifically curated for those working in credit unions, Community Finance Development Institutions (CDFIs) and other community finance providers. There’s lots happening at Fair4All Finance so we wanted to pull out some of the key bits of information and opportunities to work together that you should find relevant to your organisation and the people you serve. We’ve also included resources that we’ve been developing collaboratively with people in the sector that we think will help make a difference to you and your organisation. | Working together | | | --- | --- | | | ‘Working in collaboration with the community finance sector is a really important part of what we do at Fair4All Finance. You’ll read a little more about Vince Cox, our new Community Finance Engagement Manager who will be driving deeper ways of working with you as a sector, and some of the initiatives that we’re working hard to implement with your input.’
- Holly Piper, Investment Director , Fair4All Finance | Our new Community Finance Engagement Manager We’re delighted to formally introduce Vince Cox, our new Community Finance Engagement Manager , who will be working directly with credit unions, CDFIs and other community finance providers . In this short profile he talks about the scope of this new role, his priorities and how he sees the role growing this year. You can read more about Vince in this article Co-designing our Community Finance Resilience Fund We were recently allocated further funding from the Dormant Assets Scheme which included funds for preserving and increasing the availability of affordable credit. We know that you, and the people that borrow from you, continue to face huge challenges from the cost of living crisis. This is why we’reestablishing our new Community Finance Resilience Fund which is aimed specifically to meet those challenges, support sustainability and deploy our funds effectively. Thank you to everyone who took part in our consultation and shared their thoughts with us- It’s important this fund is designed collaboratively with you in mind. Look out for more on this in the next couple of months. An update from our awareness raising campaign The community finance sector has been described as one of the UK’s most well kept financial secrets. We want to help change that through our sector wide awareness raising campaign . A big thank you to everyone who’s been involved to date. We’re really pleased with the amount of coverage we’ve seen – with an online reach so far of over 4 million views for coverage on both credit unions and CDFIs. We recently released our report into illegal moneylending in GB and had some great coverage on the back of this, not only on TV and radio but also in newspapers like The Sun. Looking back between May and July we saw positive search traffic [impacts across](impacts across findyourcreditunion.co.uk and)[ ](impacts across findyourcreditunion.co.uk and)[findyourcreditunion.co.uk](impacts across findyourcreditunion.co.uk and)[ and](impacts across findyourcreditunion.co.uk and) [findingfinance.org.uk](findingfinance.org.uk). It's great to see more people becoming aware of community finance providers and actively looking to find out more by visiting the websites. The PR and media awareness raising compliments the work already being done within the sector to boost marketing and SEO activities. It was great to see some of you use the launch of the report to get your own local coverage too. If this is something you’re interested in doing, our Credit union PR and Social Media toolkit offers some practical tipson how you can best engage with local press in your area. Take a look at over the page for more info. Research projects we think you’ll be interested in As one door closes – Illegal Moneylending research Our latest report explores the hidden world of il

FAQs

Who is Vince Cox and what is his role in the community finance sector?

Vince Cox is introduced as the new Community Finance Engagement Manager. The role focuses on working directly with credit unions, CDFIs and other providers and driving deeper ways of working with the sector.

What is the Community Finance Resilience Fund and how is it being created?

The fund is established to address challenges linked to the cost of living crisis, support sustainability, and deploy funds effectively. It is being designed collaboratively, with input gathered through consultation.

Which research topics are highlighted in this bulletin?

The bulletin summarizes research into illegal moneylending in Great Britain, payroll and benefit deduction lending (including impacts on low income earners), and improving financial inclusion for people from minority ethnic groups.

Sep 13, 2026

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