by Nick Money | Apr 19, 2023 | Featured, News & Updates
A year ago in April 2022, Swoboda Research Centre introduced a new series called The Reflection Series: Insight and Experiences from Practitioners, giving a platform for practitioners – executives, directors, staff and others – to present their views and ideas....
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 | May 31, 2022 | Featured, News & Updates, Reflections Series, Welcome
New paper now available: Purposively Purposeful: the case for credit union clarity of purpose, by Matt Bland, CEO of Co-op Credit Union in Britain. This is the second in our Reflections series, based in practitioner experience rather than research. In this piece, Matt...
by Nick Money | Apr 25, 2022 | Featured, News & Updates, Reflections Series, Welcome
The first paper from the Swoboda Reflections Series is from Caroline Domanski MBE, CEO at No1 CopperPot Credit Union, the largest police credit union in Britain. In this report, Caroline describes and analyses her experience of developing a risk management framework...
