Awards
Wave Community Bank has received a variety of awards over the years to commemorate our service to the community.
Our Awards
SBA Award
Wave Community Bank scooped two awards, winning the ‘Community Hero’ Award and the ‘Professional Services’ Award.
SME Award
Wave Community Bank has won the Best Regional Credit Union 2021 in The SME Finance Awards.
Kent Invicta Chamber Business Award
Wave Community Bank collected the Excellence in Customer Service Award from Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce.
The Community Champion Award
We are thrilled to announce that Wave Community Bank was one of only three finalists for the prestigious Community Champion Award at The Sussex Chamber of Commerce Business Awards.
Prestige Awards
The award for best Financial Support Service in 2022/23 is in recognition of all the work that we do to help people access financial services and help them get out of debt and start saving.
Innovation & Excellence Awards
We are excited to announce that Wave Community Bank has won another award! We are the winner of the Credit Union of the Year category in the Corporate LiveWire Innovation and Excellence Awards 2022.
Stop Loan Sharks Champions Awards 2019
We are extremely proud to be highly recommended and acknowledged for the work we do in making people more aware of the dangers of loan sharks.
ICULDEF Edward Filene Credit Union Award for Performance Excellence for Community Mobilisation and Outreach
This award in 2018 was for our outreach work in the community.
ICULDEF Edward Filene Credit Union Award for Performance Excellence for Use of the Media 2018
This award in 2018 was for our excellence in use of the media.
How to join
Opening an Account?
Anyone who lives or works in East Sussex, Brighton & Hove, Kent, Medway and the London Borough of Bexley or is a member of Unite the Union, in the South East, can join. The easiest, quickest way to join us is online, but you can fill in a Membership Application Form and bring it with you to a Wave Community Bank office along with the following proof of ID.
Join Online
The easiest, quickest way to join us is online. Once you join your ID will be verified online.
Download Application Form
Complete the Membership Application Form and send it to us with your ID.
"Thank you very much! Massive weight off my mind with it all being consolidated"
-Member
"I would just like to say thank you for the service given to me. At the time no other bank would help me. I am now debt free and able to continue to save the money I was paying to my loan"
-Member
Opening Hours
Our phones are open Monday to Friday between 9.30am-1.00pm and we continue to monitor our emails between 9.30am to 4.00pm.
Contact Us
Phone: 0300 303 3188
Email: info@wavecb.org.uk
Face-to-face appointments at Hove Town Hall by arrangement only.
Addresses:
East Sussex, Brighton & Hove:
Tisbury Road Offices, Hove Town Hall, Tisbury Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ
Kent, Medway and Bexley:
39-48 Marsham Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1HH
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Wave Community Bank serves members in East Sussex, Brighton & Hove, Kent, Medway and the London Borough of Bexley, plus members of Unite in the South East Region. Withdrawals over £5000 will take 5 working days to process
Wave Community Bank is a trading name of East Sussex Credit Union Ltd.Authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. FCA Firm no 213910
