The Co-operative Financial Services joins ‘Memory 4 Teachers’ scheme

The Co-operative Financial Services will be participating in the new ‘Memory 4 Teachers’ scheme, which will be launching in January 2009.

The scheme will provide memory sticks free of charge to teachers throughout the country and is an excellent way of helping teachers manage their increasingly heavy workloads by providing them with access to a range of online reference materials and memory.

The Co-operative Financial Services will be helping to supply content for the sticks, which will include details about how teachers can make the most of their money.

Paul Cairney, Customer Propositions Manager for The Co-operative Financial Services comments: "We are delighted to be a partner of this initiative and we want to make sure that teachers have a safe, secure home for their money. At The Co-operative Financial Services we take a responsible view towards our customers’ money, which has been the case since we opened our doors way back in 1872. We also have a unique ethical policy, which guides who we will and will not do business with."

The Co-operative Financial Services is part of The Co-operative Group, the UK's largest consumer co-operative with over 3 million members. The Co-operative Financial Services is the group of businesses that incorporates The Co-operative Insurance and The Co-operative Bank including smile.

For further information contact:

Catherine Turner
The Co-operative Financial Services Press Office
Tel: 0161 903 3833
Fax: 0161 903 2751
e-mail : catherine.turner@cfs.coop .