COMMUNITY LOANS
HELPINGGOODPEOPLE DOGREATTHINGS WITHMONEY
Reliance Bank has been at the forefront of social impact banking since 1890 when we were founded as The Bank for The Salvation Army, by William Booth (the founder of The Salvation Army).
We are proud of our shareholder, The Salvation Army International Company (SAITCo) and its work as a Christian Charity, helping people whose lives have been affected by emergencies, disasters, poverty and social inequality. Our customers choose to bank with us because of this history and the fact that they can support the Army by choosing to put their deposits with Reliance Bank. We call it Giving Money Meaning.
Our customer’ s deposits are used to provide funding to community centres that allow young people who feel abandoned by society, by school, by family, the opportunity to feel cared for and included.
We provide funding to a range of faith organisations as well as food banks who reduce hunger for people living in poverty.
Our funding is used by organisations that provide health and social care, affordable housing projects and treatment centres that help people affected by gambling-related harm
Reliance Bank aligns its lending policies to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals - a blueprint to help reduce poverty, protect the planet’ s future and improve lives.
In 2024,
RELIANCE BANK’S
funding helped:
Reduce poverty for People
545 545
Reduce hunger for People
2,100 2,100
256 256
People with their health care needs
2,900 2,900
People with community centres and facilities
443 443
People receive personal learning and development opportunities
Created and protected Jobs
76 76
SECTOR SPECIALISM
Reliance Bank provide Commercial Finance Loans to support:
Private and charitable organisations
Small and local businesses to assist their growth
Recreation and activity centres
Specialist educational establishments including those helping people with additional educational needs
Training centres
Community hubs
Features:
Tailoredloanpricingonacase-by-casebasis
Simpleapplicationprocessandfastdecisions
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COMMUNITYCASE STUDY
Our client’
s scenario
The JPK Project provide opportunities for people with learning difficulties The first phase of the project included the renovation of a church into a Café, restaurant, and community training centre. This has enabled JPK to offer work experience and training placements for people with learning difficulties, giving them the opportunity to learn skills in hospitality, customer service, catering, food hygiene, housekeeping and information technology.
Solution
The second phase of the project was to build apartments for people with learning difficulties to live in supported living. JPK were very happy to receive the funding support from Reliance Bank because of their commitment to organisations that deliver a positive social impact in the UK.
Impact
Reliance Bank’ s commercial loan has been used to help assist in the building project which will provide supported living in the form of eight flats, to provide a safe environment for people with learning difficulties The communal rooms include a kitchen, laundry, storeroom and lounge/dining room to enable tenants to mix, build friendships and learn self-help skills
Testimonials
Jill Parker MBE who is a Trustee for JPK Project commented:
“It has been a pleasure to work with David Price and the Reliance Bank Team. David’ s support and assistance during the negotiations for the loan facility was extremely helpful. The JPK Contractors are currently undertaking the building work and it is estimated that they will be
Steve Bowles Broker A&T Business Associates commented:
‘It has been a delight to work with David Price and his team at Reliance Bank, David quickly understood the need for funding and the overall benefit this project would have on the local Community. David worked hard to get the funding in place to meet the needs of the Charity and it was good to work with a Bank that was determined to make the deal happen ”
In the 2024 Charity Finance Banking Survey, Reliance Bank achieved first place for Relationship Management.
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