Promoting the continued existence of suitable access to banking services within communities in order to:-

• sustain local commercial activity
• combat financial and social exclusion
• assist the vulnerable, disabled and elderly

Whilst we favour a retention of local bank branches, in the event of the closure of the last/only bank branch in a community becoming inevitable, we propose a range of measures to meet the problems identified including community banks acting as a transaction agent for several banks, development of community credit unions, selective use of sub-post offices on an agency basis. Our role is to make representations, directly and with media support, to financial institutions and to Government and its relevant agencies.

Director of the Campaign is Derek French FCIB MCMI FRSA and a list of organisations supportive of its aims is available.