impact

OUR PROGRESS SO FAR

city wide event 2016
  • 2020-21 STOP PRESS – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 23 MARCH 2021.
  • Financial Resilience Awareness Training – open event for any front line staff in the city via Practice Development Unit, Nottingham CVS – 24 February 2021.
  • Food bank data group – 11 February 2021.
  • Money Mules Training Event – 9 February 2021 (for Youth Justice, Leaving Care and key youth organisations), national and local speakers.
  • Primary School PHSE Network Event – short fined input 8 February 2021.
  • Strategy Group Meeting 19 January 2021.
  • Conference Follow-Up event, 9th December 2020.
  • Tackling the Impact on People’s Financial Well-being in Nottingham of COVID-19 Conference held 18th September 2020.
  • 2017-18 Bank Account Summit Feb 17, Oct 17, March 2018 leading to some improvements in bank account access.
  • Invitation of Money Advice Service to deliver work in Nottingham with vulnerable children and young people (one of the national pilot areas) and introduction the local authority.
  • Awareness raising with partners of national good practice + UK Financial Capability Strategy evaluation principles (fincap.org.uk).
  • Need identified for website of all money help provision in the city (including fin cap). Money & Work page with own url established on Ask Lion website, for all services that help people with money issues.
  • Foodbanks (all city foodbanks) and Employment opportunities event to improve access to opportunities, 2016.
  • Front line staff awareness raising session on Credit and Illegal lending.
  • Aspley Facebook page.
  • Primary Schools financial education project in St Ann’s, Bulwell, Aspley, 2016-17.
  • Pupil financial education input, Staff teacher training Parent’s sessions Support pre-school saving clubs.
  • Savings tins for all pupils.