Reading Credit Union (RCU) opened its service at the Oakwood Centre on 22 September and will be there every Tuesday from 1.30 – 4 pm. RCU is a financial cooperative providing community banking. It is owned and controlled by its members and regulated by the Financial Services Agency. The aims of the cooperative are to provide a quality and ethical banking service to the community and to encourage saving and offer affordable low interest loans to its members. Residents and people working in Woodley can join or find out more by calling in to the Oakwood Centre on Tuesday afternoons or visiting the main RCU offices at 58 London Road, Reading. Their website www.readingcreditunion.co.uk also gives more information.

Councillor Kay Gilder, Town Mayor of Woodley who welcomed representatives from RCU on their first day at the centre said “I am delighted to welcome Reading Credit Union to the Oakwood Centre and to Woodley. I hope that many residents will take the opportunity to use their banking services to take advantage of secure savings and low cost loans, which are especially important in the present economic climate”.

Pictured with Town Mayor, Kay Gilder, are Cllr Beth Rowland, Leader of the Town Council, RCU officers Julie Hillsdon and Rachel Morgan and volunteers Steve Bastiman-Davies, Bob Bennett, Sally Main and Buky Orija.