Service description:
Kettering Credit Union is based within the Customer Service Centre at Kettering Borough Council, Municipal Buildings, Bowling Green Road, Kettering. Credit union staff can also come out to people’s homes, or see people, on appointment, at the town libraries in Burton Latimer, Desborough and Rothwell.
The credit union office is managed by Kettering Borough Council, in partnership with the East Midlands Credit Union and the Citizen Advice Bureau. It has been set up to anyone in the Borough of Kettering to:
1. Gain access to basic bank accounts,
2. Gain financial and money advice
3. Receive assistance from CAB where needed
4. Give an opportunity for customers to learn basic IT skills.
It will help people manage their money and, at the same time help with access to other online services; for example, to break down barriers for unemployed people to get a job.
It can help to improve financial and money management skills, which in turn can help reduce the dependency on loan sharks and door step lenders.