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🎄Season's Greetings from all of us! As we wrap up a fantastic 2024, we want to take a moment to thank you for your support throughout the year.We know some of you will still be working between now and the New Year, and we're here to support you if you need us. 📅 Our Christmas Opening Hours: Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a happy, successful 2025! 🎅🏻✨

🎄Celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas – With a Twist!🎄 Over the last 12 days, we’ve been running our 12 Days of Christmas campaign with a special focus on charities. These incredible organisations have been making a real difference to the lives of our brokers and lenders and within their communities. Each one was nominated by you. We are so grateful for that. Thank you for your support and for helping us shine a light on their amazing work. Christmas is a time for family, friends, sharing gifts, enjoying great food, and creating cherished memories. For many of us, it’s a season of togetherness and joy. But sadly, we know that this isn’t the case for everyone. Some families face empty seats where loved ones once sat. Others struggle to put food on the table. Far too many people have no place to call home. These are just some of the challenges the charities in our campaign work tirelessly to address. As we reflect on the holiday season, let’s take a moment to appreciate their efforts and consider how we might support them. Whether it’s through donations, volunteering, or simply spreading the word, every small action can make a difference. Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas filled with joy, kindness, and giving. 🎅✨ #12DaysOfChristmas #CharitySupport #MortgageCommunity #12DaysOfGiving

🎄12 Days of Christmas – Day 12🎄 Today, we’re highlighting New Pathways (https://lnkd.in/eqNhcDkB), the largest sexual violence support provider in Wales, with 30 years’ experience of delivering specialist therapeutic support to adults and children affected by the trauma of rape, sexual assault or sexual abuse. As a charitable organisation, they offer a full range of free specialist crisis, advocacy, wellbeing and counselling services. New Pathways are widely regarded throughout the UK as a leading organisation in our field, and support nearly 4,000 people each year. Beyond that, New Pathways use their experience and expertise to train and educate others on the wide-ranging impact of rape and sexual abuse, and use their voice to advocate for those who are often silenced by stigma. New Pathways has a dedicated team of over 150 staff and their volunteers do everything that they can to ensure that our clients receive an excellent service that meets their needs; we feel that they deserve no less. Donate today and help work towards a world without sexual violence ➡️ https://lnkd.in/euRQPBNG #12DaysOfChristmas #NewPathways #StopSexualViolence #SupportAndCompassion #fintech

🎄12 Days of Christmas – Day 10🎄 Today, we’re highlighting Help for Heroes, a charity that supports veterans, service personnel and their families. At Help for Heroes, they passionately believe that every member of our Armed Forces community should have the opportunity to live well after service. There are many challenges that can make transitioning from the military to civilian life tough. That's why Help for Heroes provides veterans with carefully tailored and holistic support for their physical and mental health, along with their welfare and social needs. They're here for anyone who’s served in our military. No matter where or when they served, or how long for. Whether they served in a conflict or not. When life gets tough for a veteran, it can affect those around them. That's why they also support families. And Help for Heroes help those who served under UK Command, such as civilians who worked as translators during the war in Afghanistan, and embedded journalists. There are several strands to the support Help for Heroes offer: 🔹Physical healthcare support - Nurses and occupational therapists help ill and injured veterans get the treatment they need. A veteran's injury or illness doesn't need to be related to their time in service 🔹Mental health counselling - A team of mental health professionals who provide support carefully tailored to each veteran or family member who needs them 🔹Financial grants - If a veteran has an injury or illness that’s making life difficult, they can provide grants to pay for home modifications, medical devices or access to care 🔹Sport and social activities - Running a wide range of sporting and social activities across the UK so veterans and families can spend time together, have fun and be active. Their sport sessions are inclusive and adaptive for people of all abilities 🔹Welfare support - Help for veterans and families who are struggling with their finances and living arrangements. This could include helping people work out what benefits they’re entitled to, or helping people apply for the War Pension 🔹Recovery college- Free online courses give people the knowledge and skills to make lasting improvements to key areas of their life. Courses cover topics such as financial well-being, pain management, nutrition, dealing with anger, and how to get a good night's sleep Because Help for Heroes know that families find the transition to civilian life tough, they offer widespread welfare, mental health and social support to families too. If you or someone you know served and you think we can help, get in touch today. You’ve got nothing to lose, and everything to gain. Click here to donate ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eaZnmrFn #12DaysOfChristmas #HelpForHeroes #SupportAndCompassion #fintech

🎄12 Days of Christmas – Day 10🎄 Today, we’re highlighting The Dash Charity, who have been supporting people experiencing Domestic Abuse in the communities of East Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire for more than 45 years. Each year it is estimated that: 🔹2,000,000 people in the UK suffer some form of domestic abuse 🔹1,300,000 are female victims 🔹600,00 are male victims The Dash Charity provides specialist support to adults and children experiencing mental health issues, modern slavery, immigration, trafficking, homelessness and complex needs associated with domestic abuse, empowering them to live a life beyond crisis and ensuring their voices are heard. The Dash Charity also runs refuges, which are safehouses providing sanctuary and support to those who are escaping domestic abuse and have nowhere else to go. Their programmes help women, children and men recognise tactics of abuse, so they can feel more empowered and break the cycle of abuse. They also speak up for them and advocate on their behalf with housing teams, police, social care. The Dash Charity provides safety devices to help them feel safer in their own home and help source donations of anything they need to make their life a little easier or a little brighter whilst they are trying to stay safe. Let’s support their life-changing impact and continue to support their vision of a future without domestic abuse. Click here to donate ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d2bbxJX #12DaysOfChristmas #TheDashCharity #StopDomesticAbuse #SupportAndCompassion #fintech

Here We Go 🚀 ! Knowledge Bank will bring the final lenders live of 2024, on monday monring! We will do it a little differently as we look over soe of the key talking pints of the year. With views from vanilla lending, specialist, to looking at development and bridging, as well and hearing form the broekrs. Tune in and share your thoughts and views with us too. I will have Jonathan Evans (Skipton Building Society) , Saam Lowni (Merryoaks Finance) , Stuart Bryce (Beverley Building Society) and Lewis Shaw ( Shaw Financial Services ) live and on the air from 11:30. #knowledgesharing #mortgagebroker #podcast #fintech

🎄12 Days of Christmas – Day 9🎄 Today, our spotlight turns to the Solan Connor Fawcett Family Cancer Trust, a charity that knows how a cancer diagnosis can change everything. Team Solan was established in 2015 to help improve the quality of life of children and adults who have been affected by a cancer diagnosis or bereavement. They are based in County Durham and provide bespoke help and support for those whose lives have been turned upside down by a cancer diagnosis. Team Solan aims to improve the quality of life of children and adults who have been affected by a cancer diagnosis or cancer bereavement. They provide bespoke help and support for their Warriors and their families including emotional, physical, and practical needs. They have a boutique and furniture store in Spennymoor and provide a range of services from their premises including holistic therapies, counselling, hair and beauty, regular support groups, coffee mornings, and a weekly drop in for current and new Warriors. Team Solan understand everyone’s journey is unique and the services they provide help with the stress and worry people might experience whilst dealing with a cancer diagnosis. They look to bring some normality at a time when people are also dealing with the obstacles of day-to-day life. Without your amazing support, the Solan Connor Fawcett Family Cancer Trust cannot continue to help people affected by cancer. Click here to donate ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e9R83ZCH! #12DaysOfChristmas #TeamSolan #Cancer #SupportAndCompassion #fintech

Join Nicola Firth and Nurlana Kerimli for the final Christmas Special, Air Lending Criteria Clinic event of 2024! They will be joined by leading lenders and solicitor partners for some festive fun, as always the panel will be answering your questions live and getting those cases placed. Date: 12th December Time: 10:00am – 11:00am Register here – https://okt.to/PLDEIj #Air #laterlifelending #webinar #online #LendingCriteria #clinic

🎄12 Days of Christmas – Day 8🎄 Today, we’re highlighting Newbury Cancer Care, a local charity for people in West Berkshire to help those who have been diagnosed with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses. They offer practical help and information to patients and their families living in West Berkshire, and are the parent charity for the Rainbow Rooms, the Rosemary Centre and the Newbury Sue Ryder Day Services at West Berkshire Community Hospital. Newbury Cancer Care works closely with Clinical Nurse Specialists, medical professionals and the Sue Ryder Day Services to help improve the support offered from the point of diagnosis, for as long as we are needed. At Newbury Cancer Care, their number one priority is making as positive an impact on as many people as they can. To do this, they offer many different forms of help and assistance to those in the community. From providing specialist medical equipment to supporting healthcare workers to attend training courses, or from helping to fund treatment for patients to driving them to and from their hospital appointments; everything Newbury Cancer Care does is geared toward improving the lives of those diagnosed with cancer. Let’s champion the work of Newbury Cancer Care by showing support for their cause. Click here to donate ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eqJpzs2x #12DaysOfChristmas #NewburyCancerCare #SupportAndCompassion #fintech

🏆 Legendary Lender 2024: Market Financial Solutions (MFS) 🏆 This award recognises a lender who truly embodies excellence across the board. A true all-rounder, Market Financial Solutions has embraced everything Knowledge Bank offers to brokers, consistently going above and beyond. From maintaining accurate, up-to-date criteria to actively educating brokers and leveraging technology to support the market, MFS has set the standard for innovation and collaboration. Congratulations to MFS for their outstanding contribution to the industry and unwavering support for brokers!