Credit unions- any help?

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There are a lot of people around with money/debt worries
these days
I do not know much about C Unions but I believe they can help
keep people out of trouble by helping with small loans and
encouraging small savings.
Might they be of help to our Mumsnetters?

Credit Unions are fabulous things. I would encourage anyone what ever their financial position to get a CU account.

This is the one I used to belong to when I was in the UK

I am a member of a credit union and have been for 3 years very handy for saving for Christmas , last 2 Christmases were stress free financially

Yes I agree. I have been saving with a credit union for about five years. I have had a small loan from them too to buy an old car. When the loan was repaid, I then turned that DD into more savings.