Support families with their financial wellbeing and help your pupils to thrive
We can work with you to set up a benefit and debt advice scheme in your school, helping low-income parents and carers to access the financial support they need.
Learn more below or get in touch for an initial conversation.
Money Matters programme
Money Matters, an innovative programme by Resolve Poverty, tackles financial hardship by delivering specialist benefits and debt advice directly to families within school and community settings. This approach is crucial because many families facing poverty have not accessed traditional advice routes. Annually, £23 billion in benefits remains unclaimed due to factors like system complexity, past negative experiences, and a lack of awareness about available support.
The programme has already achieved significant financial gains, securing over £460,000 for families, primarily through ongoing benefits. Gains have also included grants for utility debt reduction, social tariffs, and essential household items and more. Beyond financial relief, Money Matters empowers parents to alleviate stress, enabling them to focus on their children’s well-being, mental health, and regaining confidence in managing their future.
Resolve Poverty can offer comprehensive support to establish and develop the Money Matters programme in your area. Our experienced team effectively engages school communities through various events, fostering trust and enabling parents to comfortably discuss their financial situations.
Our support package includes forming and facilitating a Money Matters working group with partners and individuals with lived experience, leveraging our expertise to develop a tailored delivery plan, identifying and collaborating with local advice organisations, monitoring impact for evaluation, and exploring funding avenues for sustainability. We also facilitate connections with other Money Matters provisions for shared learning.
To discuss setting up or developing a Money Matters programme, please contact Jennie Lucas at jennie@resolvepoverty.org.
Money Matters has added an extra string to our pastoral bow, and in these times that matters. All too often it turns out that families are not receiving what they are entitled to. One family at our school is better off by £1,000 per month. Most of all we’ve seen pupils’ focus and concentration improve. It ought to be self-evident, but children are better able to learn when they are fed, wearing the correct uniform and unencumbered by the sorts of money worries that ought to be the preserve of parents.