campaigns

Money A+E believe it is vitally important for people in the community to have a voice.

That is why we get involved in campaigns that transform, benefit and make a difference in people’s lives. To take part or get involved, please see our upcoming campaigns.

We campaigned to address the high interest levels on loans from payday lenders

Our trained Money Mentor students raised awareness of the negative impact of exploitative lending in poorer communities.

We Campaigned with Citizens UK and others and we contributed over 300 names to 1000 signatures for a petition to ban the advertising of Payday lending in Newham. The council brought about a ban on payday loan advertising on all council controlled institutions and services.

We also jointly campaigned and had discussions with the FCA to bring about a cap on the total cost of credit.

This lead to FCA cap of 100% for the total cost of credit on all payday loans on or after 2nd January 2015.

Newham recorder students and petition

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Independent Evaluation from University of East London’s Centre for Social Justice and Change showed that our Money Champions successfully builds financial confidence and wellbeing. Just 50% expressed confidence in managing finances before the training compared to 97% after and overall sense of wellbeing was increased from 53% to 95%.

Lambeth Council Financial Resilience Strategy 2016 (pg13)’, showed It is an effective early intervention, directing people to appropriate services, and reducing debt.

Over 300 Money Champions trained in Newham and Lambeth and have supported 1000s of people.

The resilience report showed that;

Over 65% of those who spoke to a Money Champion found the guidance.
40% went on to see a reduction in their rent arrears and 30% started paying off debts.

See Money Champions summary and download the report Pgs13 and 16

See the ‘Lambeth Council Financial Resilience Strategy 2016-2019 (pg13)’

We have recently been involved in discussions with DWP in an attempt to use this programme and looking at multiple ways of mitigating the effects of welfare reform on low income and excluded groups in our communities.

Money A+E Campaigns against exploitative lending

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We aim to support actions that would help mitigate the impacts of the housing crisis in London. We recently campaigned with other community groups as a member of Citizens UK on the West Ham football ground housing development in Newham.

http://www.citizensuk.org/east_london.

We successfully campaigned for an increase in affordable housing from 0% to 35% on the site with support from the local communities.

Money A+E pilots financial inclusion together with the Money Champions programme to mitigate the negative effects of Welfare reforms.

Money A+E at UEL Centre for Social Justice and Change

Money A+E jointly campaigns for more affordable housing - West Ham