<p><a href="/gathering-2025-zoom"><img alt="Gathering 22 November 2025" src="/images/2025/gathering2025-560.png" style="height: 280px; width: 280px; float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" /></a><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Reclaiming Ethical Leadership: </strong><em>How can we help the newly remutualised bank get out in front</em></span></span></p>
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<p><em>Preceded by the <a href="/agm-2025">AGM</a> of the Customer Union cooperative</em></p>
<p><strong>2pm Saturday 22 November 2025 (AGM from 1pm)</strong></p>
<p>We will be holding our November gathering as usual this year, and like last year it will be <strong>on-line only</strong>.</p>
<p>All customer union members and supporters are welcome.</p>
<p>We'll hear from representatives of the Co-operative Bank and there will be an opportunity for members and supporters to ask questions.</p>
<p>We'll be updating members on the latest in the merger process with Coventry Building Society.</p>
<p>The gathering will be preceded by the <a href="/agm-2025" target="_blank">AGM of the Customer Union</a>.</p>
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<h2>Please register</h2>
<p>You're welcome just to join the meeting on the day but it helps us if you can register here beforehand so that we have an idea of numbers.</p>
<p><a class="btn" href="/2025-gathering-register">Register here</a></p>
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<h2>How to join the videocall</h2>
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<p>The main gathering videocall starts at:</p>
<p><strong>2.00pm Saturday 22 November 2025</strong></p>
<p>The gathering will be <strong>preceded at 1.00pm</strong> by the <a href="/agm-2025" target="_blank">AGM of the Customer Union for Ethical Banking</a> open to all members of the union.</p>
<p>We will use Zoom. This means you can join from a computer, smartphone or tablet - or you can dial in from an ordinary telephone.</p>
<p>Full details on <a href="/gathering-2025-zoom"><strong>how to join are here</strong></a>.
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<p>At the Gathering we will be joined by representatives of the Co-operative Bank</p>
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<h2>Agenda</h2>
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<td><span style="color:#1abc9c;">1.00pm</span></td>
<td><span style="color:#1abc9c;">(CUEB members only) <a href="https://customerunion.coop/agm-2025">Annual General Meeting of members of the Customer Union</a> (You can<strong><a href="/join" target="_blank"> join the Customer Union here</a></strong>)</span></td>
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<td height="21"><span style="color:#7f8c8d;">1.30pm</span></td>
<td><span style="color:#7f8c8d;">Informal discussion</span></td>
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<td height="21"><span style="color:#7f8c8d;"><strong>2.00pm</strong></span></td>
<td><span style="color:#7f8c8d;"><strong>Annual Gathering for Customer Union members and supporters</strong></span></td>
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<td height="21"><span style="color:#7f8c8d;"><strong>2.10pm</strong></span></td>
<td><span style="color:#7f8c8d;"><strong>The group updates us on progress and shares their vision for reclaiming leadership over the next 5 to 10 years.</strong></span></td>
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<td height="21"><span style="color:#7f8c8d;"><strong>3.00pm</strong></span></td>
<td><span style="color:#7f8c8d;"><strong>Break</strong></span></td>
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<td height="21"><span style="color:#7f8c8d;"><strong>3.10pm</strong></span></td>
<td><strong><span style="color:#7f8c8d;">We reflect on our strategy to help the bank get out in front</span></strong></td>
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<td height="21"><span style="color:#7f8c8d;"><strong>4.00pm</strong></span></td>
<td><span style="color:#7f8c8d;"><strong>Closing remarks</strong></span></td>
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<td height="21"><span style="color:#7f8c8d;"><strong>4.05pm</strong></span></td>
<td><span style="color:#7f8c8d;"><strong>Close</strong></span></td>
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