Before an application for a banking hub can progress, I need some really convincing answers to the following questions, and I am asking for your help to come up with them.
- Please could you provide details of a street address or building/shop name of where the centre of your community is?
- Has your community previously had a bank branch that has recently closed, or is due to close?
- The Post Office provides banking services. Please could you advise why you feel the services offered at the post office Phelps Parade, do not meet your communities’ needs?
- Please can you tell me why you feel a banking hub is needed in your community?
- Where do people currently go to access banking facilities?
- Does your community have regular and reliable public transport?
- What facilities and shops are available in your location?
- If there is any other information not asked above that you feel will help us review your request?
As a trustee of a local charity, I regularly need to bank cash donations. While weekly banking is our personal preference, the cost of paying funds in through a post office prevents us from doing this. We bank with HSBC and at present there are no banks as the Chippenham Branch has been permanently closed. It is hoped that a banking hub would reduce the cost of banking regular cash.