Citizens' Advice considers plan for new credit service.NORTH Warwickshire For the parliamentary constituency, see . North Warwickshire is a local government district and borough in Warwickshire, England. The main town in the district is Atherstone where the council is based. Other significant places include Coleshill, Polesworth and Kingsbury. Citizens' Advice Bureau Citizens' Advice Bureau n (BRIT) → organización voluntaria británica que aconseja especialmente en temas legales o financieros Citizens' Advice Bureau n (Brit) → Bureau staff are considering setting up a credit union to offer a new financial service from their Atherstone base. A public meeting to discuss the planned scheme will be held in the Grove Club, in Grove Road, Atherstone, on Wednesday Wednesday: see week. , August 25, at 7pm. Eleanor Patrick, manager of the Coleshill Road bureau, said: "Credit unions are financial co-operatives, managed professionally by paid staff but directed by trained volunteers. "They are registered under the 1979 Credit Union Act and monitored and regulated by the Financial Services Authority The Financial Services Authority ("FSA") is an independent non-departmental public body and quasi-judicial body that regulates the financial services industry in the United Kingdom. Its main office is based in Canary Wharf, London, with another office in Edinburgh. . "North Warwickshire Citizens' Advice Bureau identified the need for additional financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. for north Warwickshire as traditional services become more limited and commissioned the Association of British Credit Unions Ltd to carry out a feasibility study "A Feasibility Study" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 13 April, 1964, during the first season. It was remade in 1997 as part of the revived The Outer Limits series with a minor title change. , funded by Warwickshire County Council. "A working party has been set up and will put together a bid to the Coalfields Registration Trust to support the Credit Union. "By early autumn this year, a project development worker should be in place to recruit volunteers, direct the Credit Union, find premises, recruit members and make the Credit Union a successful limited company." The working group includes representatives of North Warwickshire Citizens' Advice Bureau, the Association of British Credit Unions Ltd, North Warwickshire Borough Council, Warwickshire County Council, North Warwickshire Council for Voluntary Service and the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation. More information on the scheme is also available on 01827 713122. |
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