# Charity Bank campaign promotes ethical saving

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/09/06/charity-bank-campaign-promotes-ethical-saving/
- Published: 2011-09-06T14:00:10+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charity Bank has begun a national education campaign to educate the population about
ethical savings. Its ‘Think Ethical, Save Ethical’ campaign will run up to this 
year’s National Ethical Investment Week, which takes place from 16 to 22 October
2011.

The campaign is supported by a website which features examples of local charities
across the UK which have benefitted directly from Charity Bank’s depositors and 
ISA holders. All of the money saved with Charity Bank is used to provide loans for
charities and community organisations.

Launching its campaign, the Bank has announced that a representative survey of 2,000
UK adults conducted for it by Vision Critical has found that “78% of Britons don’t
know how or where their savings are invested”. It also revealed a large gap in knowledge
surrounding ethical ISAs and savings.

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“There is still a lack of knowledge and understanding of ethical saving amongst 
the general British population,” said Charity Bank chief executive, Malcolm Hayday.“
It is our responsibility to educate the public about the importance of ethical saving–
and how easy it can be to do!”

[Charity Bank](http://www.charitybank.org) is the only regulated bank in the UK 
that is also a registered charity. It lends to charities, social enterprises and
community organisations, including those that would find it difficult to secure 
funding from traditional banking sector. It invests 100% of its depositors’ money
in supporting charities and enterprises that benefit society and publishes details
of every loan it makes. It has loaned over £150 million to charities and social 
enterprises.

www.CharityBank-EthicalInvestment.org

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