Community Development Finance Institutions APPG

First Registered: 12/01/2026 • Last updated on: 12/01/2026

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The Group aims to accelerate the scale and impact of CDFIs by advancing policies that strengthen their capitalisation and embed community finance within mainstream financial services. Through proactive stakeholder engagement, the Group will champion reforms that expand fair access to finance for underserved people and neighbourhoods.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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4 Current Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits
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4 Current APPG Officers
Gareth Thomas Portrait
Gareth Thomas
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West
Joined: 12th January 2026
No other APPG Officer Positions
4 APPG Memberships
Financial Education for Young People , Football Supporters , Global Education , Modern Conflict
Sarah Gibson Portrait
Sarah Gibson
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Chippenham
Joined: 12th January 2026
2 APPG Officer Positions
Future Homes, Skills and Innovation , Social Science and Policy
7 APPG Memberships
Baby Loss , Climate Change , Dentistry and Oral Health , Fair Elections , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
Vice Chair
Conservative - Beverley and Holderness
Joined: 12th January 2026
3 APPG Officer Positions
British Buses , Hydrogen , Indonesia
10 APPG Memberships
Beer , Belarus , Defibrillators , Environment , Fair Banking , Net Zero , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sepsis , Tennis , Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Danny Beales Portrait
Danny Beales
Vice Chair
Labour - Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Joined: 12th January 2026
1 APPG Officer Position
Access to Medicines and Medical Devices
10 APPG Memberships
HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health , Homelessness , Ireland and the Irish in Britain , Less Survivable Cancers , London , Parks and Green Spaces , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Tidy Britain , University , Water Pollution
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Gareth Thomas MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4243.

Email: gareth.thomas.mp@parliament.uk

Secretariat:

The Community Development Finance Association acts as the group's secretariat. https://responsiblefinance.org.uk/

No benefits in kind are on record for the Community Development Finance Institutions APPG

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Community Development Finance Institutions APPG