A message to members about Coronavirus UPDATED 27 January 2022

While Government restrictions regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic continue to ease, our priority remains to ensure the health and safety of our staff and members, whilst maintaining an effective service.

Following advice from UK Government and Public Health England, please do not visit our branches if you:

• Have Coronavirus or any of its symptoms
• Are living with someone who is self-isolating

Staying safe from COVID-19

Based on the Government’s guidance the Society has undertaken a COVID-19 Risk Assessment to ensure that we are working safely and supporting our employees’ and members’ health and wellbeing during the current pandemic. We can confirm that we have complied with the Government’s guidance and taken 5 steps to manage the risk of COVID-19.

Face Coverings

From Thursday 27 January 2022, there is no longer a legal requirement to wear a face covering in shops. The Government suggest that you continue to wear a face covering in crowded and enclosed spaces and we therefore ask you to continue wearing a face mask in our branches, where possible.

We may, however, ask customers to safely remove their face mask for identification purposes. Please note, our branches will continue to have screens and our colleagues to wear face coverings to protect against the transmission of the virus.

Appointments

We are now offering limited face-to-face appointments providing both our customers and staff members are able to wear a face covering. Appointments will be carried out away from the counter in one of our POD areas to allow for extra ventilation, however a Perspex screen will also be in place. Alternatively, we are offering secure video call appointments either in branch or from the comfort of your own home.

Branch opening hours

Our branches are open as follows:

Mansfield and Sutton in Ashfield:
Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.30pm (Weds 10am)
Saturdays, 8.45am to 12.15pm

Kirkby in Ashfield and Chesterfield
Monday to Friday, 9am to 1pm (Weds 10am)
Saturdays, 8.45am to 12.15pm

Appointments are available 9am to 4pm to open a new savings account or to discuss your existing savings account with us. For more information download our guide or call us on 01623 676350.

Support for Mortgage Borrowers

If you’re experiencing difficulty paying your mortgage, we will try to help you. Please download our guide that outlines the help available to you in meeting your mortgage repayments.

Support for Savers

The Society understands that some of its savers may experience financial difficulty as a result of issues associated with Coronavirus. We encourage any saver who is experiencing difficulties and needs access to their savings to contact us as soon as possible.

If you do have a specific enquiry, please visit any of our branches, complete the contact form on our website, email us at enquiries@mansfieldbs.co.uk or call us on 01623 676350 and we’ll work with you to look at the steps we can put in place to help.

Follow us for changes and updates

We continue monitoring Public Health England and Government guidance and if the Coronavirus pandemic evolves further and the guidance changes, we will inform you via our website and social media platforms, and we will make information available in all of our branches. We will also email updates to any member that has requested to receive communications by email. If you have not registered your email address with us and would like to receive general communications this way please let us know.

Remain vigilant against fraud

There is some evidence that criminals are attempting to use the pandemic as an exploitation opportunity so please be extra vigilant before clicking on an email about the Coronavirus outbreak. If a claim sounds too good to be true, it probably is. If you are promised a vaccine for the virus or protective measures and the content of the email makes you worried, it may have come from cyber criminals.

Please remain vigilant and verify any contact from trusted sources. Visit our fraud awareness and fraud prevention pages to remind yourself of the actions you can take to help stay protected.

To help you stay protected, here are some things that we will never do:

• Send someone to your home to collect cash, passbooks bank cards, or anything else
• Ask you to email or text personal or banking information
• Call or email you to ask for any PIN numbers or online passwords
• Send an email with a link to a page which asks you to enter any online log-in details
• Call or email you to authorise the transfer of funds to a new account or hand over cash
• Ask you to carry out a test transaction online