Media
Latest news and media on the cdfa
For media enquiries about the cdfa and its members, contact Ian Best, on 020 7430 0222 or at i.best@cdfa.org.uk.
Press releases
The cdfa‘s response to the Budget – Wednesday 24 March
Welcome for government report’s ‘ringing endorsement of CDFIs’ – Friday 19 March
New credit crunch figures: Government must act to help small businesses in deprived areas - Tuesday 16 February
Stories written about the cdfa
Letter in the Guardian – Monday 5 April 2010
Responding to the Conservatives’ plans for a Big Society Bank, cdfa Chief Executive Bernie Morgan called for the bank to invest in ‘a whole range of social returns’, including support for businesses in deprived areas and people on low incomes.
‘Fairer credit laws for poor on agenda’ – Mail on Sunday, Sunday 23 January
Story placed by cdfa on Better Banking coalition roundtable to be held with Downing Street advisers. “High Street banks would have to reveal the social groups to which they are and are not lending. They would be urged to lend more to deprived areas through a mixture of carrots and sticks.”
‘Riding Out the Storm’ – New Start, January 2010
Double-page spread on the CDFI sector including quotes and stats from cdfa.
Social Enterprise, January 2010
Social Enterprise magazine reported on our Inside Out survey findings in January.
