Financial wellbeing blog

Health, Social Care and Welfare Systems Strategy Lead Sarah Murphy shares three free ways you can help people with their money concerns in your uniquely placed role as a link worker, including the tools and guidance available to support you to make a difference to the people you assist. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, 11.5 million people had less than £100 of savings to fall...

On International Women’s Day (IWD), I wanted to share with you a blog I wrote for our people. It’s important for us all to be aware of the challenges women face around gender equality and share experiences so we can drive change and #BreakTheBias. Why are we marking International Women’s Day? It feels as though IWD has genuinely grown over the last...

Debt Insight Manager Paul Das shares what we know about how many people need debt advice currently, who they are and how we are using these insights. In September 2021, I explained how the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) had adapted the way we measure the need for debt advice. This is a crucial activity for MaPS as understanding people who need debt advice is essential in formulating...

Fiona Ellis, Learning and Award Lead at the Money and Pensions Service, reflects on how you can learn and develop through Money Guiders, and how the programme will respond to the findings of the independent evaluation of the pilot phase, published today. The Money Guiders...

Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) Chief Executive Caroline Siarkiewicz looks back at our work in 2021 and goals for the coming year. I’m sure we will all agree that 2021 has been a challenging year both for individuals and organisations. In light of those challenges, I am particularly proud of the work that we have done with our partners and...

Money plays such a huge role in the fabric of our lives. Whatever the challenge or life event, when people reach out for help, money guidance often forms part of the support they need. Head of sector skills Michaela Kirsop shares an update on the Money Guiders pilot – a programme which aims to develop the skills, confidence and capacity of the amazing organisations and practitioners...

The pandemic has changed the personal finances of millions of people across the UK. Paul Das, debt insight manager at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), explains how we have adapted the way we measure the need for debt advice to address the changing landscape of problem debt in the UK. We can all...

Charlotte Jackson is head of guidance services and customer protection strategy at the Money and Pensions Service. Her pensions guidance teams support those scammed on pensions and investments or who have questions and concerns about them. Charlotte also works with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and others to share any insights from her teams that may protect consumers from...

As we roll out our new consumer brand MoneyHelper, chief marketing officer Paul Taylor shares the background on the brand, and how to get ready for the change. In March, I was delighted to take part in a webinar outlining the new MaPS consumer brand strategy. At the heart of this was our plan for a single consumer destination to drive financial wellbeing...

What impact has Covid-19 had on financial wellbeing? Our head of insight Nick Watkins explores on how the pandemic has affected the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing goals for financial education, saving, credit use, debt advice and pensions. When we launched the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing in January 2020, we had no idea that the first Covid-19 cases would be detected in the...

Three ways link workers can support people with their money worries

International Women’s Day: In conversation with Caroline Siarkiewicz

Who needs debt advice in 2022?

Our development programme for Money Guiders: what we tested and learned

2021: Looking back, looking forward

The front line of money guidance: Money Guiders pilot update

Who will need debt advice in the future?

How MaPS can help those who have been scammed on their pensions

MoneyHelper – a new single destination for financial wellbeing

The 3 D’s of Covid

Managing money in uncertain times