Scotwest Newsletter

Your monthly Scotwest Credit Union newsletter for the team at East Dunbartonshire Council – Please share this with your colleagues.

This newsletter can be supplied in different format, to request this please contact scraig@scotwest.co.uk

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…

We want to remind our Christmas Savings Account holders that their savings will be paid out to their bank accounts on Monday 10 November. If you have changed bank since last year please let us know to make sure you get your savings as expected, contact the Scotwest office on 0141 227 2390 to update your details.

Last year our Christmas Savers saved almost £4m for the festive season. You can join them and get started saving for next year by opening an account now.

Find out more here about our Scotwest Christmas Savings Account here.

At Scotwest, we recognise the important role we can play within society.

We were delighted to receive an update recently from the Menopause Warriors Scotland Charity after their Community Award was granted last December

Group organisers Jacqui and Caroline said “We had a fantastic event with about 50 attendees for Breaking the Silence; Black Women in Menopause on the 13 September 2025 in Govan. We were able to put the event on thanks to the costs being covered by the kind grant that Scotwest provided."

Find out more about the group including their regular drop in sessions at Braehead Shopping Centre, Elderpark, Parkhead and Woodside Libraries here.

To find out more about the Scotwest Community Awards, our previous recipients and how to make an application here.

We’re making it quicker and easier to apply for a Scotwest loan by introducing open banking.

This allows you to safely and securely share your financial information with us electronically, so there’s no need to provide bank statements or proof of income.

With your permission, we’ll access what we need directly helping us make faster decisions on your application.

When this feature becomes available, you’ll have the option to use open banking through our partner oohMoolah during the application process. Simply follow the prompts to complete the requested information and we’ll take care of the rest. If you prefer not to use open banking you can still apply the usual way by uploading your documents manually however this will slow-down the assessment of your loan.

To learn more about open banking and how it works, visit the MoneySavingExpert guide here.

Congratulations to all the winners in the September Scotwest Lottery Draw! Especially our winner Mr R Millar who took away the £4,000 jackpot.

The September draw winners in full:

The Scotwest Lottery is exclusive to Scotwest members, and now pays out £9,500 in prizes every month with one lucky winner awarded a top prize of £4,000.

Entries cost just £1 each and up to 15 entries per month can be taken.

It’s easy to take part as payment for lottery entries are deducted from the savings in your Scotwest Saver Account prior to each monthly draw.

To find out more and join the Scotwest Lottery now, visit the Scotwest website.

*Winners can request that their win is not publicised.