NEWS AND UPDATES
Deadline extended for Credit Union Research Prize 2022
Calling researchers! The deadline for applications for the Swoboda Credit Union Research Prize 2022 has been extended to 16th May. This unique award, now in its third year, is aimed at bringing new voices and ideas into the movement, supporting researchers who wish...
Introducing the Swoboda Reflections Series
Swoboda Research Centre is proud to introduce the Reflections Series: a platform for practitioners - executives, directors and staff of credit unions and their stakeholders - to present their views and ideas. These papers are rooted in the experience of...
Social Value Reporting and Credit Union Legitimacy
The latest paper from Swoboda is now available. It is written by our 2021 Credit Union Research Prizewinners, Professor Martin Quinn (Queens University Belfast), Dr Peter Cleary (University College Cork) and Dr Martijn van der Steen (University of Groningen). The...
Talking Credit Unions #28: Credit unions – did they survive the pandemic?
Chris Smith is back, with a podcast that investigates how credit unions have emerged from the pandemic. Chris notes that the past two years have provided the ultimate stress test for the financial, operational, competitive, and cultural resiliency of credit unions,...
Illegal moneylending and credit unions
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a think-tank focused on poverty based in London, has published a report on the extent of illegal lending in the UK, how it affects those who get drawn into borrowing from illegal lenders and how alternatives might be supported...
The Credit Union Green Lending Conference 2022
The Swoboda Research Centre welcomes its members, and all interested in the credit union sector in Ireland, Britain and beyond, to participate its next exciting conference, in Dublin on Friday 20th May. The conference is all about how credit union lending can help...
Great interview with our Secretary Sam on the values of the co-op, the challenges of maintaining a co-operative business in a dysfunctional property market, cost of living crisis, and the desire held by many people to find an alternative to a broken economic model. https://twitter.com/DublinFoodCoop/status/1529152366603296770
Check out this @independent_ie profile about our Secretary, Sam.
He talks about why he is involved at the Co-op, what makes us different as a social enterprise and the benefits of being a part of a co-operative.
#CoopsIRL #SocEntIRL #GetSocialDublin
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/lifestyle/demand-for-healthy-food-skyrocketed-during-the-pandemic-we-had-queues-out-the-door-41683025.html
Good read this about @DublinFoodCoop from @SamToland . Donore credit union @DonoreLtd helped with finance for the move from Liberties to Kilmainham. Cooperatives supporting cooperatives https://twitter.com/dublinfoodcoop/status/1529152366603296770
Check out this @independent_ie profile about our Secretary, Sam.
He talks about why he is involved at the Co-op, what makes us different as a social enterprise and the benefits of being a part of a co-operative.
#CoopsIRL #SocEntIRL #GetSocialDublin
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/lifestyle/demand-for-healthy-food-skyrocketed-during-the-pandemic-we-had-queues-out-the-door-41683025.html
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