Community investment - Aim 1: reduce isolation and poverty
Making ends meet
In Nottingham, we are working with a local credit union to help residents on low incomes to manage their money.
The union offers small loans at a low interest rate, so that residents on low incomes don’t get trapped by crippling debt. They also make it easier for tenants to save, even if it’s just a pound each week.
The more money that is saved with the union, the better the union can help members who need financial support. So many of our Midlands staff are saving with the union every month. And our finance team is administering these payments for free.
Finding common ground
At our sheltered scheme for older citizens in Haringey, service users are passing on the skills they learnt as children to the next generation.
One afternoon a week, pupils from the local junior school visit the centre’s residents to learn the make-do-and-mend skills from the wartime generation.
It’s a great way of bringing generations together. The children learn about reusing and recycling, and learn how to grow their own fruit and vegetables. And our older service users enjoy making a contribution to their community.
Our aims
- Aim 1: reduce isolation and poverty
- Aim 2: develop the potential of children, young people and adults
- Aim 3: make places safer and greener
- Aim 4: sustain and develop community groups and organisations