St Mirren Football Club has entered into an innovative partnership with a leading Scottish credit union to offer fans access to tailored ethical loans to pay for their season tickets.
Capital Credit Union (CCU) is launching its 'fair fan finance' package for Saints supporters, allowing them to pay off their season tickets in instalments.
St Mirren Chief Operating Officer, Keith Lasley, said: "We fully appreciate that the current cost of living crisis can make it difficult for our fans to commit to a season ticket, especially when that involves several members of the family.
"This partnership with CCU will give our fans access to an ethical loans provider and means they can avoid building up credit card debt or having to go to expensive high interest lenders.
We hugely value their passionate support and this initiative will help them get behind the team in person next season and fits in with our community centred strategy."
CCU, a multi-award-winning credit union, is a community owned and member led organisation with almost 30,000 members and has partnerships with over 90 employers across Scotland. It has already undertaken a successful trial of its 'fair fan finance' initiative with fellow Premiership club Hibernian and is now rolling this out to other football clubs across the country.
CCU’s Director of Operations, Rory Gaffney, said: "I am delighted to announce that Capital Credit Union is now supporting St Mirren Football Club with our financially accessible season ticket finance solution.
"This brings the total number of clubs we support in the Scottish Premiership and Scottish Championship to four. Our specifically tailored flexible finance solution allows them access to affordable borrowing and means they can continue attending games, which is obviously hugely important to so many people."
The ‘fair fan finance’ scheme allows supporters to pay for their season ticket in instalments and has no arrangement fee, hidden charges or early repayment penalties. The Season Ticket loans are protected by CCU’s Loan Protection Insurance.
Further information about this scheme and details of how to apply can be found at: https://www.capitalcreditunion.com/sports-clubs/
