by Nick Money | Nov 15, 2022 | Featured, News & Updates, Past Events
The subject of responding to the cost of living crisis drew a large crowd of credit unionists and stakeholders to Manchester on 11th November. Participants came from Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales to address this critical and developing issue. Here is a...
by Nick Money | Jun 24, 2022 | Featured, News & Updates, Past Events, Welcome
Credit unions from Ireland and Britain, plus a wide range of stakeholders including the Minister of State, came to the Swoboda conference on 20th May in Dublin to discuss the strategically vital issue of financing the transition to net zero carbon emissions. A report...
by Nick Money | Feb 14, 2022 | Events, News & Updates, Past Events
The Swoboda Research Centre was established to produce, facilitate and stimulate action-orientated research that supports the credit union movement. At Swoboda, we believe that research that informing credit unions’ response to risks and opportunities contributes to...
by Nick Money | Dec 8, 2021 | Featured, News & Updates, Past Events
On 24th November, the Swoboda Centre convened credit unions, advice agencies, gambling support charities, regulators and academics from Britain and Ireland to discuss the challenge to credit unions posed by evidence of potentially harmful gambling behaviour in the...
by Nick Money | Oct 7, 2021 | News & Updates, Past Events
Facing Contemporary Challenges This was CFCFE’s first conference since the social distancing rules in Great Britain and Ireland made in-person attendance possible, so alongside seventy online participants there were fifteen attendees gathered in Manchester....
by Nick Money | Mar 31, 2021 | Past Events
Towards New Business Models Our fifth conference, and second online, successfully delivered on our traditions of great presenters with lots of interaction. Perhaps the key takeaway from the day was that in planning the development of the credit union, and whether...
