Employer Benefits

Castle & Minster Credit Union will foster a spirit of community amongst the workforce it serves.

• Castle & Minster Credit Union membership, especially with the ease of saving through payroll deduction, is an employee benefit that helps employers to recruit and retain staff.
• The sponsoring employer will benefit from the good publicity gained from supporting this local financial initiative aimed to support all employees and to assist in tackling financial exclusion.
• Castle & Minster Credit Union will foster a responsible attitude towards credit, assisting Personnel Departments with the welfare aspects of being a caring employer.
• Castle & Minster Credit Union can help employees to save regularly and borrow sensibly within their means.
• A workforce without money worries is a happy workforce and as a result absenteeism through ill health or stress is reduced.
• Partnership with Castle & Minster Credit Union can improve the corporate image of your company, both politically and socially as it indicates your commitment to the well-being of your employees and to the local community at large.
• For minimum cost the employer gains maximum benefit

Castle & Minster Credit Union - People Helping People

In Kirklees major employers who already offer this Added Value Employee Benefit include: Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Huddersfield College; South & Central Huddersfield Primary Care Trusts, Calderdale and Huddersfield Healthcare Trust.

In the rest of the UK just a few of the companies and organisations providing their employees with this include: Greater Manchester Police, Merseyside Police, British Airways, Stagecoach Group and Arriva transport companies, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Leeds City Councils, News International PLC, British Aerospace.

Globally, in the Caribbean, Australia, Canada and the U.S.A. employers like: NASA; The White House and the US Navy all provide Credit Union Services to their staff.

The Cost

Minimal to the employer - all the administration of members accounts is done by the staff of Castle & Minster Credit Union. All the employer needs to provide is free payroll deduction facilities and access to internal distribution networks for promotion of the scheme.

Additional support, by providing secure office space, equipment and staffing assistance would provide credibility to the partnership and help expand the scheme at a faster rate.

For Payroll Deduction information click here