by Nick Money | Sep 22, 2025 | Featured, News & Updates, United Vision
New Economics Foundation (NEF) and Swoboda were delighted on Tuesday 16th September to introduce to fifty stakeholder representatives our United Vision project, which aims to build a vision for how British credit unions can double their impact by 2035. Following on...
by Nick Money | Jul 25, 2025 | News & Updates, United Vision
The United Vision project has launched a landmark research survey that’s all about the future of credit unions across Britain. The project is being delivered by Swoboda and the New Economics Foundation, and we want to hear from as many credit union people as possible...
by Nick Money | Jul 24, 2025 | Featured, News & Updates
Credit unions have long claimed to operate differently from traditional banks. Over a century ago, Alphonse Desjardins described them as economic expressions of a high social ideal—not profit-driven institutions. This paper asks whether that distinction still holds...
by Nick Money | Jul 15, 2025 | Featured, News & Updates
Credit unions play an essential role in British society by offering loans to individuals who may not have access to traditional bank lending, often due to low income or high levels of debt. While credit unions are committed to responsible lending, they have...
by Nick Money | Jun 12, 2025 | Featured, News & Updates, United Vision
On Tuesday 10th June, credit union leaders and supporters came together in Manchester for the launch of A United Vision, a major new research project from the Swoboda Research Centre and New Economics Foundation (NEF). With credit union growth beginning to plateau...
