On curbing aggressive debt collection, making banking services more accessible and ensuring insurance pricing is fair, we want the government's Financial Inclusion Strategy to deliver for people with mental health problems. Read more here 👇 🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/making-finan...

Today is #YouthMentalHealthDay. The vicious cycle of money and mental health problems can affect young people in specific and distinct ways. Many young people face barriers to opportunities for financial wellbeing and to access mental health support. A short thread 🧵

In our latest blog, @drtgergel.bsky.social - Director of Research at Bipolar UK - explains how Advance Choice Documents work and the difference having one can make when we become unwell - both to our mental health and our finances. 👇 🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/advance-choi...

⏰Last weekend to apply: Strategic Partnerships Officer Help make essential services accessible for people with mental health problems 💷 £33,745 FTE 📍 Hybrid, East London ⏳ Closes 9am, Wed 17 Sept Apply here: www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/strategic-pa...

How can the government ensure its Financial Inclusion Strategy delivers for people with mental health problems? 🚨 That’s the focus of our new report – published today! Watch @conordarcy.bsky.social explain what we want to see in the Strategy 📽️

Lots of organisations have a vital role in suicide prevention – national and local government, health services, charities, community groups. This #WorldSuicidePreventionDay, we want to talk about the role banks and building societies can play in helping to prevent suicides. 🧵

We’re hiring a Strategic Partnerships Officer! The successful candidate will support the growth and delivery of our hands-on work with firms. 💷 £33,745 FTE 📍 East London with hybrid/remote working ⌛ Apply by 9am, 17 September Find out more 👇 🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/strategic-pa...

🚨 Last chance to apply! (Senior) Research Officer - Gambling Harms Action Lab 💷 £42,323 / £33,745 FTE 📍 Hybrid, East London ⏳ Deadline: 8am, Mon 8 Sept Apply now ➡️ www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/senior-resea...

What is impulsivity and how can it affect our finances? A thread 🧵 Some mental health problems can make ‘response inhibition’ – our ability to control an impulse – much more difficult. When that happens, acting ‘in the moment’ gets easier – and our finances can take a hit.

We often talk about the barriers that people with mental health problems face to manage money and access financial services. Deaf people also face serious barriers when using banks and managing money.

⏳ Just under one week left to apply! We’re hiring a (Senior) Research Officer in our Gambling Harms Action Lab. 💷 £42,323 / £33,745 📍 Hybrid, East London 📅 Deadline: 8am, Mon 8 Sept 🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/senior-resea...

In our latest her new blog, Imaan Wright explores key areas financial services firms must address to better support people from minoritised ethnic groups with mental health problems: 📊 Knowledge gap 🤝 Trust gap 🔑 Accessibility gap Read more 👇 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/fairer-finan...

We first called on firms to introduce optional gambling blocks back in 2017. Now, 81% of banks and building societies have them. But firms can still go further in terms of the tools on offer to enable customers to prevent harm from gambling. 🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/three-ways-f...

We are hiring! 💼 There are two great roles available in our team right now. You can apply to be: - (Senior) Research Officer in our Gambling Harms Action Lab - Strategic Partnerships Officer in our Mental Health Accessible team Find out more 👇 🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/join-the-team/

1.1 million people across the UK owe the DWP money they have been overpaid in benefits. People face sudden and severe debt collection, causing both financial hardship and distress. 📢 We want the government to urgently reform its approach to collecting overpaid benefits.

We’re hiring a Strategic Partnerships Officer to support the growth and delivery of our consultancy work with essential services firms: 💷 £33,745 FTE ⌚ Full time or 0.8 considered 📍 Hybrid role - can be based in London or remote ⏳ Apply by 9am on 17 September

We’re pleased to introduce Zita Collier, our new External Affairs Intern 🎉 For the next six months, Zita will be helping to run our social media and support our campaigning work. Find out more about her role and background here: www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/introducing-...

Want to lead research tackling gambling related financial harm? We’re recruiting a (Senior) Research Officer to join our Gambling Harms Action Lab. Deadline: 8am, Mon 8 Sept 🔗https://www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/senior-research-officer-gambling-related-financial-harms/

In 2024, one bank’s gambling block stopped £9m in transactions. Nikki Bond explains 3 ways banks can improve these tools to better support people at risk of gambling harms. Read it here: www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/three-ways-f...

Half of people with mental health problems from Black and Asian backgrounds say their ethnicity worsened their financial experience. Our new report calls on firms to: ✅ Collect better data ✅ Be transparent ✅ Improve access to support 📄 Read it here: www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/publications...

We welcomed two enthusiastic A-level students, Zina and Amalia Rhiana, for a week of work experience where they explored how social media can influence our spending and mental health problems. You can learn more about their findings in their blog! : www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/our-week-at-...

“I was lucky that I’ve got people I can trust who can help me when I’m not well. If I hadn’t had them, I probably would have amassed even more debt.” Research Community member Emma shares her experience with Buy Now Pay Later in the @bigissue.com👇 www.bigissue.com/life/money/b...

Research Community member Sarah shares how being in debt to the DWP after a benefits overpayment has affected her finances and mental health, and why the system needs to change. Read her story: www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/benefits-ove...

📣 NEW REPORT 📣 Our new research calls on banks and building societies to take action to improve the experiences of people with mental health problems from minoritised ethnic groups when using financial services.

Gambling harm can have life-changing consequences. Many people view gambling as a way to escape financial hardship. Through the Gambling Harms Action Lab, we’re working with firms to tackle gambling harm and support them to better protect their customers.

Urgent reform is needed to better protect people from the government’s aggressive debt collection practices, which are causing serious needless financial hardship and distress. @danweir.bsky.social explains what we found in our latest research 👇 🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/faceless-and...

May we have your attention, please ❓ For some of us, directing and maintaining our attention can be incredibly difficult. And that difficulty can have a big impact on our ability to earn money and manage our finances well. A short thread… 🧵

“I was surviving month to month… I was fearing homelessness, it was that bad.” A big thank you to our Research Community member Tania for sharing her experience in the Daily Mirror. You can read Tania’s story here 👇 🔗 www.mirror.co.uk/money/i-left...

We welcome today’s announcement from the FCA that it plans for more protections for people using Buy Now Pay Later schemes. The current system leaves people with mental health problems at risk of getting into debts they can’t afford to pay back, and change is long overdue.

1.1 million people owe the DWP money they’ve been overpaid in benefits. But our latest research shows that how that is being collected is causing both psychological harm and financial hardship. See our recommendations for changing this broken system 👇 🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/publications...

The government must change how it treats people who’ve been overpaid benefits. A short thread 🧵 This often occurs when the DWP pays more in benefits than someone is entitled to, most often in Universal Credit, either due to DWP error or change in a person’s circumstances.

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 The harsh way the government treats people who have been overpaid benefits is causing serious financial hardship and distress. And people with severe mental illness are disproportionately affected. Read more in our new report 👇 🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/publications...

More than six in ten (62%) people who have a gambling, alcohol or drug addiction have less than £1,000 in savings to their name. That’s according to stark findings from the Financial Conduct Authority’s recently published Financial Lives survey.

Watch our Research Community member Suzanne on @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social explaining why council tax debt collection needs to be made fairer 🎬 Thankfully, the government recently announced a consultation on reforming council tax debt collection – and we’ll be sharing our response soon.

A year on from the general election, has anything improved on money and mental health issues? Chief Executive @helenundy.bsky.org has written the government’s report card - take a look at how it’s doing: www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/one-year-on-...

For years, we’ve called for greater integration between mental health care and financial support. The government’s NHS 10 Year Plan includes plans for Neighbourhood Health Services, set to offer debt advice and employment support co-located with traditional hospital-based services.

Why not use this weekend to apply to become one of our new trustees? 📺Trustee board Vice Chair Jo Hill explains who we’re looking for - ahead of the the deadline at 9am on Monday! Find out more 👇 🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/vacancy-trus...

After 9 years of campaigning for debt advice to be integrated into mental health services, we’re delighted that the government has listened and put this at the heart of its plans for Neighbourhood Health Services 🎉

Alongside over 80 other charities focused on mental health, poverty and disability, we are today calling on MPs to vote against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill. Please read the full statement here 👇 🔗 www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...

We have now published in full our response to the government’s ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working’ Green Paper. You can read it in full here 👇 🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/policybriefi...

Thank you to our Research Community member Jo - who spoke to @newstatesman.com for this article on how vital PIP is in enabling many people with mental health problems to work. 🔗 www.newstatesman.com/politics/wel...

The government has promised concessions on its PIP reforms to MPs. This may alleviate some of the anxiety that many people have experienced due to the planned cuts, but we still don’t think the concessions go far enough. Our Chief Executive @helenundy.bsky.social responds 👇

Our Research Community member Mike, who receives PIP, told us about the difference it has made to his mental and financial wellbeing. He says taking it away without alternative support in place will make people’s lives worse. Read the full interview 🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/mikes-experi...

The most recent Gambling Survey of Great Britain showed that one in five people who’d gambled in the previous 12 months and experienced ‘problem gambling’ had lost their home, job, business, car or had been declared bankrupt because of their gambling.

Please note: the video below contains references to suicide. The government’s proposed PIP reforms would have a devastating impact on people’s finances and on their mental health. 🎧 Hear what our Research Community members told us about how the changes could affect them 👇

Could you be a trustee at Money and Mental Health ❓ We are looking to appoint two or three new trustees to our board to guide us through the next stage of our journey. We’re particularly hoping to hear from candidates with fundraising insight or knowledge related to the issues we work on.

BIG NEWS! The government has started consulting on how it can make council tax collection fairer for people in debt. We’ve been campaigning for the government to change this harmful process so we’re delighted that they’re taking action 🎉 Our Head of External Affairs Brian Semple explains 👇

The increasing number of lotteries and prize draws, especially those online, risks exposing more people to gambling harms. In this new blog, our Senior Research Officer Leia Clifton examines this growing harm and the actions banks can take. 📖 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/lucky-draw-m...

We’re committed to ensuring that we are both an inclusive place to work and that we’re doing work that is inclusive. Chief Executive @helenundy.bsky.social explains how Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging is baked into everything we do. 📖 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/what-equalit...

Could you be our new trustee? We’re looking for two or three candidates to join our trustee board, chaired by ‪@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com‬ If you have the skills and insight to guide us through the next stage of our development, find out more👇 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/vacancy-trus...