Mental health and debt: supporting the advice sector and creditors

This Mental Health Awareness Week, Jane Tully, Director of External Affairs at the Money Advice Trust outlines the work going on to help the advice sector and creditors support people with debt and mental health problems. We know that mental problems and debt often go hand-in-hand. Findings from the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute […]

What Works Fund webinar: communicating evidence effectively – 19 March 2018

A blog by Louise Scott, Associate Director at Ecorys UK, part of the What Works Fund Evaluation & Learning Partner (ELP) team. The ELP consists of Ipsos MORI, Ecorys and the University of Bristol’s Personal Finance Research Centre. At a time when many of the grantees have turned their attention to preparing their evaluation reports, […]

Debt advice and vulnerability: learning from the experiences of debt advisers

Jane Tully, Director of External Affairs at the Money Advice Trust, discusses the launch of new research exploring the experiences of debt advisers working with people in debt in vulnerable situations. Findings from the research will inform the development of practical guidance to support debt advisers and their clients.  Debt advice plays an important role […]

Financial capability and young workers

Guest blog by Veda Harrison, Public and Consumer Affairs Manager, NatWest. This week is National Apprenticeship Week, and the Government continues to promote apprenticeships as core to its skills strategy in improving the work prospects of young adults. As a member of the MAS Young Adults Steering Group, NatWest’s contribution to this debate has been […]

Dealing with debts using behavioural science

Louise Chu, Commissioning Manager at the Money Advice Service (MAS), writes about an exciting partnership formed between two forward-thinking organisations who are working collaboratively with MAS to better support people to take control of their debts themselves.    At the Money Advice Service, we thoroughly enjoy connecting with like-minded experts to share knowledge, to create […]

Where I Live: National Student Money Week 2018

A blog by Ani Bailey, Financial Capability Chair on the NASMA Board and Coordinator for Financial Support at Ravensbourne in North Greenwich. Monday (12 February) saw the start of the eighth annual National Student Money Week (NSMW), run by the National Association of Student Money Advisers (NASMA). This year the week is focusing on a […]

What Works Fund Webinar: generating robust evidence – 23 January 2018

A blog by Professor Sharon Collard, Research Director at the University of Bristol’s Personal Finance Research Centre – part of the What Works Fund Evaluation Learning Partner (ELP). The ELP includes Ipsos MORI, Ecorys and the Personal Finance Research Centre. With the main What Works Fund programme coming to the end of its delivery phase, […]

Making DOSH digital

Guest blog by Chris Fitzgerald, Programme Co-ordinator at A2Dominion, a residential property group with 37,000 homes across London and southern England. At A2Dominion, financial capability forms an integral part of our organisation’s tenancy sustainment strategy. We always aim to improve our understanding of the needs of our customers, as well as the services we provide. […]

People learn more about money if they spend their own money online

In this guest blog, Laurence Piercy of the Good Things Foundation writes about the promising findings coming out of their What Works Fund project. Over the last year, we have worked in partnership with Toynbee Hall on an experimental financial capability project. Together, we were funded through the Money Advice Service’s What Works Fund. The project was designed to test this research question: Are individuals […]

The power of partnership

Guest blog by Russell Winnard, Head of Programmes and Services at Young Money. Financial education for all children and young people is a crucial part in developing the financial capability of the UK.  The tools, resources, support, training and investment required to realise this cannot be done by any one organisation on their own, and […]