Young & Free Alberta is Servus Credit Union's ongoing effort to give the 17 to 25 crowd a voice, a head start and useful information
1. GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE A VOICE
We launched Young & Free in 2007 because we felt strongly that young people were not being well served by large faceless financial institutions. Young people in Alberta didn't have a voice when it came to getting what they needed financially. So we launched a search for a spokesperson and gave that person a platform: the Young & Free Alberta website.
In order to listen to and learn from Alberta youth, Myles (our 2009 winner) encourages dialogue in many ways on the Young & Free Alberta website. You can:
Not only do we hear directly from you about what's important to you, EVERY interaction on our site earns you extra entries into our monthly prize draws.
Myles is a full-time Servus Credit Union employee. His job includes travelling, attending and speaking at events throughout the province and posting daily blog entries and weekly video blogs on the Young & Free Alberta website. This means he's looking for YOU to get your thoughts and opinions about what you need from your financial institution.
Our 2008 Y&F Alberta Spokesperson, Larissa Walkiw from St. Albert, did an extraordinary job. You can learn all about her year here.
The ultimate goal of Young & Free is to help our credit union connect with young people and to help us really understand how we can serve the under 25 Alberta crowd better than any other financial institution.
If you think you've got what it takes to be the voice of Alberta's under 25 crowd, make sure to sign-up for e-updates and we will let you know when the 2010 search is taking place!
2. GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE A HEAD START
Servus Credit Union is proud to offer the Young & Free Chequing Account—the first of its kind in Alberta.
FREE AND UNLIMITED:
- Withdrawals from your own or other credit union Acculink® ATMs
- Transfers between accounts
- Point-of-sale transactions
- Global payment card transactions
- Cheques
- Bill payments
- Internet banking and teleservice
If you are between 17 and 25 years of age, you qualify! Fill out the simple application form and we'll contact you to get you set up, or you can visit any of our branches to open an account.
3. GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE USEFUL INFORMATION
So many banking sites tell young people what they should be doing – and in the most boring ways! The Young & Free Alberta Spokesperson has a platform to answer questions and concerns that come directly from YOU! And Servus Credit Union is always there in the background, listening and responding, making sure the products we offer match your real needs.
But your whole life isn't just about finding out how to avoid identity theft, or how to live on a budget now that you're living away from home. It's about living! And that's why it's also our Spokersperson's job to hunt down and share the fun things that matter to you! The typical financial institution won't waste space on cool stuff like that – so enjoy this website, your personal portal to everything that is Young & Free!
