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Furness Building Society awarded prestigious CommunityMark for outstanding
contribution to local community.
Furness Building Society has become the first building society in the Country to be awarded the highly prestigious CommunityMark which demonstrates the important commitment that the Furness has to the local communities in which it operates.
The CommunityMark model has been developed by Business in the Community and is based on the excellence model of the British Quality Foundation. It assesses an organisation's approach to community activity and is divided into two sections, business excellence and community excellence, with the Furness scoring highly in both sections. The Society is very much aware that being part of the community is good for business as its outstanding results for 2003 demonstrate.
Rob Cairns, Chief Executive of Furness Building Society, said 'We are extremely delighted to receive this award. It is due recognition of the amount of work we undertake with our local communities. As we want these communities to use our services, we think it only right that we should also be contributing to them. We do this not only through donations and sponsorships but by our staff, giving their time and expertise, to serve on a variety of local committees, acting as school governors, undertaking sponsored activities, etc. I certainly believe that community activity is an integral part of our business, being a mutual building society. Mutual building societies are owned by their members rather than external shareholders. They had their roots in local communities and the Furness is proud to continue that heritage in the North West of England.'
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