P W D Co-Operative Credit Union Limited - Kingston, Jamaica

The P.W.D Cooperative Credit union’s membership and history is based on a common bond, a linkage shared by public servants as savers and borrowers who belong to the Ministry of Transport Works and Housing community. The Credit Union was incorporated in 1949 under the Industrial and Provident Societies Law; subsequently, converting itself into a registered society under the Co-operative Societies Law by notice in the Jamaica Gazette dated October 25, 1951.

The founding ‘father’ of the Credit Union Mr Dudley M. Forrester played an integral role in the formation out of the need for employees of the Public Works Department (PWD) to be more financially independent and satisfy their financial needs, especially those at the lower level of employment.