It has been announced that the Darwen Branch of Santander is to close along with 110 Santander branches, This will now mean there will be 1 bank left in the town, There are a number of pensioners in our community as well as businesses that rely on this bank being open and continuing to do so, pensioners will now have no option but to travel to Blackburn every week in order to do their banking, businesses will also have to do the same, as well as anyone else that uses this bank, it’s a step backwards for the town and again because Darwen is being seen as a small town we immediately get placed on the chopping list because some corporate employee decided to do so, the bank employs some amazing staff who will all lose their jobs at a time when the country is trying to recover from corona virus, therefore this is a petition to Santander to show them that Darwen wants this bank to stay open and that the community uses this daily and needs it to stay open.