ONE North East Grant Award MoneyWise has recently been rewarded for its standing within the North East Credit Union Sector. We have been awarded £145K to work at increasing the capacity of the Regions credit unions. This piece of work wil see us move into new high street premises and recruit addittional staff

Members Survey Thanks to everyone who took part in the survey. We have already started to take onboard some of the issues that came out and will be using the information gained. The results can be find within the 'Documents' section of this website and congratulations to Mark for winning the £50 prize

Member Survey Help us improve our service by completing our on line survey. All respondants completing the survey will be entered into a £50 prize draw. To take part, copy the following link into your web browser http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HGZ37R6

AGM 2010 The AGM of MoneyWise Newcastle Credit Union Ltd will be held on Wednesday 24th March at 12:30pm in the Collingwood Suite, Civic Centre. All Resolutions and nominations to the Board of Directors should be received at the Head Office by Monday 22nd March 2010

Access your account balances on-line From February we are aiming to make members' share and loan balances available on-line through a secure server. You can register your interest by contacting our head office and we will contact you when the system is set up and available.

SPECIAL XMAS LOTTERY DRAW 12 DAYS OF XMAS LOTTERY DRAW 8 extra prizes worth an extra £415 in prize money to be won. 1st prize this month - £250 2nd prize now £100 with a 3rd prize of £75 4th prize now £50 and 3 x £25 prizes You also have 5 chances to win £10 - better odds than the national lottery. Why not give it a go?

Information about Loans In response to requests we have produced a leaflet to assist you applying for a loan. The leaflet gives an outline of some of the questions asked and how we base our decisions. The leaflet can be found under Documents on the Resources page

Loan Interest Rates The MoneyWise Board have agreed to changes to the loan policy regarding interest rate charges. With effect from 13 April 09 loan rates for new borrowing will be charged at: up to £1000 - 2% per month (APR 26.8%), £1001 - £3000- 1.5% per month (APR 19.56%), £3001 - £6000 - 1.25% per month (APR 16.01%). Rates provided are still among the cheapest rates for unsecured lending in the area compared with high street lenders. For an example of the cost of credit have a look at our loan calculator

Short of Cash before payday? A MoneyWise PDQ loan could be the answer. Loans up to £200 repaid by debit card on the 1st of next month could tide you over until pay day. (Please note: loans are only available to members of the credit union. A one off £5 joining fee is applied to new accounts) Loan example - £200 repaid by debit card on 1st of the following month. A £5 processing fee is charged for the debit card payment. Total Charge on £200 = £9 (£4 interest + £5 processing charge) (Note: interest is charged at 2% of the outstanding balance of the loan on the last day of each month.) (Typical APR 26.8%)

Annual General Meeting MoneyWise will hold its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 18th March 09 at Blakelaw Library from 12:00 noon. All members are invited to attend. Resolutions and nominations for Directors for the meeting should be with the Secretary by 16th March 2009

South West Durham Credit Union The Board of MoneyWise would like to assure its members that we are in no way linked to South West Durham Credit Union Ltd. South West Durham Credit Union were this week suspended by the Financial Services Authority and can no longer receive deposits, grant loans or provide withdrawals. This practice happens if the FSA have concerns over the business of a credit union. All members money is protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme and the credit union would like to stress there is no danger to members money

Extra prize created in the lottery As of April 08, MoneyWise has increased the chances of winning a prize in the lottery by increasing the third prize to £25 and adding a 4th £10 prize. Why not try the lottery now

Loan Calculator MoneyWise will be launching its loan calculator onto the website in September 07. Watch here for more news