The credit union helps serve up a taste of Cameroon and a loan helps a truck driver to get back on track.

A community boathouse offers new hope to an injured teenager, and a beer-loving mechanic opens his own pub.

A garden centre is hoping for a cash injection to help it branch out.

A loan helps a single mum realise her childhood dream of opening a bespoke bridal boutique.

An ethical loan inspires children to fight the plague of plastic pollution and a couple open a community gym with a difference.

A woman sets up a charity for unwanted pets and a chocolate factory offers new hope to disadvantaged youngsters.

A loan helps a silversmith get his work in the spotlight, and a woman needs cash to get her sausages onto the high street.

Decades of spending leaves one family drowning in debt, and an ethical loan helps a couple to feed a city.

New parents need help for their twins, and an ethical lender helps a couple follow their dream of running their own smokery.

A loan helps a woman bring a taste of her Gambian home to Yorkshire and a DJ granny hits the decks thanks to her credit union.