title: Making poverty history in Sandwell the co-operative way.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how a financial cooperative, owned and managed at a local level, can have a positive impact on financial exclusion. Member-owners of the co-operative are able to access easy saving products, take advantage of affordable loans, and develop transferable skills working as volunteers at the strategic and community level.
authors.affiliation: 6 Towns Credit Union, 382 High St, West Bromwich. mary.mooney@sixtowns.co.uk
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mooney
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics*; D004467:Economics; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty / Q000191:economics*; D012923:Social Class; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D006113:United Kingdom