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More than 700 people attended our financial confidence workshops last year
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92% of attendees reported an increase in financial confidence and wellbeing
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95% felt more equipped to deal with welfare reform change
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Services
Partner Testimonies
“Financial education training sessions underpin our one-to-one debt advice but can also be delivered as a stand-alone preventative approach aimed at enabling tenants to understand and commit to their financial responsibilities.”
“We’ve actually had some interest already from people asking if we’ll be holding another session so I think we’d certainly be interested in doing more”
Kazadi Mwamba & Peter Adams
Community Investment Team
We believe in communities and aim to strengthen their financial resilience through these services:
Money Coaches – one to one money advice and guidance sessions.
Money Mentors Community– volunteers are trained and ASDAN
Accredited to become Mentors, helping their peers in the community to achieve their money goals.
Money Champions – volunteers are trained to provide money tips and signposting support to their peers in the community.
Financial confidence workshops – delivered to residents with the aim to increase their financial knowledge, skills and confidence through practical activities and information.
Money Mentors Schools – university students are trained to teach year 10-13 school student about personal and university finance.
School Savers – primary school students are trained to run a school’s bank linked to a local credit union.
Money A+E website - your looking at it! - an advice and education hub directing users to reputable online money advice.
Newsletter – Money A+E members receive the latest money news and tips.
“We’ve actually had some interest already from people asking if we’ll be holding another session so I think we’d certainly be interested in doing more”
Peter Adams Community Investment Officer
Community Testimony
"Within a period of about six months I've managed to cut my debt in half on the credit card".
Workshop beneficiary
“It has been a pleasure working with a local social enterprise on our Money Issues initiative, especially as Money A+E combine a high level of professional competence with an approachable style and a community mindset”
Simon Vincent,
Co-ordinator of Plaistow South Big Local
“I loved the budgeting sheet that we did, I’ve always wanted to do that for myself for a long time, but I never really had had the confidence. ….The session really helped and I know exactly what to do now… Thank you.”
Sabina Khan, Social Housing Tenant
"We were awarded The Unltd Star people award for using this as part of our work to increase the financial resilience of residents living in Plaistow South ward of East London. One of the most economically deprived wards in the country"
Peter Adams Community Investment Officer
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Interviewer and other information
Leader of Lambeth Council, Lib Peck. Awards Money Mentor Ashoka his ASDAN qualification for Mentoring his peers
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