Money
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Financial Resources
Financial education for adults:
Financial education for children:
The Money Charity is the UK’s national financial capability charity. It offers financial education workshops to 11-19-year-olds in schools, colleges and community groups, helping young people build lifelong money-management skills. These are FREE for all state-funded schools and colleges and for some community groups and charities. Find out more about this work here. Talia Loderick delivers The Money Charity’s financial education workshops in Cardiff and across South Wales. Get in touch with her directly on talia@themoneycharity.org.uk if you’d like your child’s school or college or community group to run a workshop.
Your one-stop shop for everything to do with money – especially money-saving – in the UK.
Free and impartial money advice is available via the UK Government-backed moneyadviceservice.org.uk. Here you’ll find advice and guides to help improve your finances, tools and calculators to help you keep track of your money and plan ahead, and support available online and over the phone and even via Whatsapp.
ce.org.uk. Here you’ll find advice and guides to help improve your finances, tools and calculators to help you keep track of your money and plan ahead, and support available online and over the phone and even via Whatsapp.
General
Child Maintenance Service
0800 171 2345
The Money Charity
Free information about budgeting and money management. Citizens Advice
Citizens Advice
Gives free confidential information and advice to help people sort out their money, legal, consumer and other problems.
Money Advise around Divorce and Separation
The Money Advice Service
0300 500 5000
Free advice and information to help you manage your money. Publications include a parent’s guide to money, finances in divorce or separation, information on financial products and services, financial guides and budgeting tools.
My Pet Child- Pet Financial Assistance Directory
Debt
- Whatever your income, if you’re struggling to cover your basic monthly outgoings including rent/mortgage, household bills, and minimum credit card repayments, that’s a sign you should seek help.
- Visit the government-backed moneyadviceservice.org.uk and look for the debt advice locator. This lists where you can access free online, telephone and face-to-face debt advice services. For business owners, there’s also BusinessDebtline.org.
Citizen's Advice National Charity giving free legal advice around money and other subjects
Pay Plan Free debt advice over the phone or online 24/7
Consumer Credit Counselling Service The Consumer Credit Counselling Service offers free debt advice via the internet.
The Financial Wellbeing Forum
A place for honest, emotionally intelligent conversation and information about money.
www.bdl.org.uk
Help and advice on business debts.
Sports Betting Report- How to Practice Responsible Gambling
Benefits
How to make a claim Turn 2 Us benefits calculator Universal Credit Pobl- Benefits advice and calculations to get back into work Housing Benefit Discretionary Housing Benefit Financial Help If Your Disabled Budgeting Loans Help with your benefits Short Term Benefits Advice Turn2Us Emergency Grant finder Personal Independence Payment claimlineTelephone: 0800 917 2222
Textphone: 0800 917 7777
Savings and Investment
Credit unionsRainchqWe help women take control of their financial futures. Energy Saving Trust
Organisation promoting energy efficiency and savings. Money Saving Investments - Investing for BeginnersInvestment PlatformSaving tips for single parents
Work
Work place pensions Moving from benefits to work Income Tax Calculator My Baby BumpLatest information on all things maternity, careers and new baby related Working Families
0300 012 0312
Advice on benefits and employment law.
Education
Student Finance WalesStep Change The Financial Wellbeing ForumA place for honest, emotionally intelligent conversation and information about money. Debt Health Check www.bdl.org.uk
Help and advice on business debts. Universal Credit Housing Benefit Discretionary Housing Benefit Financial Help If Your Disabled Budgeting Loans Help with your benefits Short Term Benefits Advice Personal Independence Payment claimline
Telephone: 0800 917 2222
Textphone: 0800 917 7777
Savings and Investment
Credit unions RainchqWe help women take control of their financial futures. Energy Saving Trust
Organisation promoting energy efficiency and savings. Money Saving Investments - Investing for Beginners Investment Platform Saving tips for single parents
Work
My Baby Bump
Latest information on all things maternity, careers and new baby related
Working Families
0300 012 0312
Advice on benefits and employment law.
Education
Student Finance WalesThe Financial Wellbeing Forum
A place for honest, emotionally intelligent conversation and information about money.
www.bdl.org.uk
Help and advice on business debts.
Money Advise around Divorce and Separation
The Money Advice Service
0300 500 5000
Free advice and information to help you manage your money. Publications include a parent’s guide to money, finances in divorce or separation, information on financial products and services, financial guides and budgeting tools.
Debt
- Whatever your income, if you’re struggling to cover your basic monthly outgoings including rent/mortgage, household bills, and minimum credit card repayments, that’s a sign you should seek help.
- Visit the government-backed moneyadviceservice.org.uk and look for the debt advice locator. This lists where you can access free online, telephone and face-to-face debt advice services. For business owners, there’s also BusinessDebtline.org.
Citizen's Advice National Charity giving free legal advice around money and other subjects
Pay Plan Free debt advice over the phone or online 24/7
Consumer Credit Counselling Service The Consumer Credit Counselling Service offers free debt advice via the internet.
The Financial Wellbeing Forum
A place for honest, emotionally intelligent conversation and information about money.
www.bdl.org.uk
Help and advice on business debts.
Benefits
How to make a claimPobl- Benefits advice and calculations to get back into work
Financial Help If Your Disabled
Personal Independence Payment claimline
Telephone: 0800 917 2222
Textphone: 0800 917 7777
Savings and Investment
Credit unions RainchqWe help women take control of their financial futures. Energy Saving Trust
Organisation promoting energy efficiency and savings. Money Saving Investments - Investing for Beginners Investment Platform Saving tips for single parents
Work
My Baby Bump
Latest information on all things maternity, careers and new baby related
Working Families
0300 012 0312
Advice on benefits and employment law.
Education
Student Finance WalesThe Financial Wellbeing Forum
A place for honest, emotionally intelligent conversation and information about money.
www.bdl.org.uk
Help and advice on business debts.
Financial Help If Your Disabled
Personal Independence Payment claimline
Telephone: 0800 917 2222
Textphone: 0800 917 7777
Savings and Investment
Credit unionsRainchq
We help women take control of their financial futures.
Energy Saving Trust
Organisation promoting energy efficiency and savings.
Money Saving Investments - Investing for Beginners
Saving tips for single parents
Work
My Baby Bump
Latest information on all things maternity, careers and new baby related
Working Families
0300 012 0312
Advice on benefits and employment law.
Education
Student Finance WalesThe Financial Wellbeing Forum
A place for honest, emotionally intelligent conversation and information about money.
www.bdl.org.uk
Help and advice on business debts.
Latest Blogs
There is a real fear and panic for single parents around the energy prices going up. The cost is going up over 50% by 1st April. For the average household that is £693 per year.
This will particularly have an effect on single parents. The media term being used by the media “heat or eat” is echoing in the minds of single parent households around the UK.
Lots of single parents have already taken a financial hit with having £20 per week being taken away from Universal Credits, plus the hardship of unpaid child maintenance. The news about the energy will have a direct impact on single parent households across the UK. Hear our members’ responses, what the Government is doing and some simple energy saving tips you can do today.