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The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is encouraging people to pay extra attention to their financial wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic, and to consider what protective steps they can take now to avoid money worries later on. With coronavirus likely to cause disruption for a significant amount of time this year, the government-backed organisation is urging people to spend some time...

New MoneyHelper service launches online programme to boost UK’s financial fitnessAs it reports 1.2 million more visits to money guidance websites during the pandemicNation urged to start building financial wellbeing at pivotal time for personal finances A new online programme inspired by the popular step-by-step training app, ‘Couch to 5K’, has been launched today to help people build back...

To help support UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing goal of two million more children and young people receiving a meaningful financial education by 2030, the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) facilitated a workshop with subject matter experts to explore how the financial capability of 4, 5 and 6 year olds and their carers can be measured. We know that children start to learn vital money...

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...

Many people who need help with their money are unaware of, unable or unwilling to receive support. Evidence suggests that people can be effectively reached and engaged with money help through other familiar channels and systems. Our Savings and Credit Pathfinders Programme aimed to design and explore ways to do this in practice and at scale, funding twelve projects across three...

Submission by the Money and Pensions Service to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Education inquiry into the provision of primary financial education. Download the evidence

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...

The Pensions Dashboards Programme issues call for input on staging Information hub published for data providers with steps to connection to dashboards Webinars on June 8 and 9 will provide further support and information Overview of pensions dashboards ecosystem and technical brief explain the digital architecture Read the full press release on the Pensions Dashboards Programme website...

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...

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) launched the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing in January 2020. The months following the launch brought the coronavirus pandemic, which continues to have a historic impact on the UK economy and people’s personal finances. To help analyse the pandemic’s impact on UK financial wellbeing, MaPS reviewed existing evidence in five separate rapid evidence...

People urged to consider financial wellbeing during coronavirus pandemic

From Couch to Financial Fitness: New programme launched to help the UK build their money muscles

Measuring 4, 5 and 6 year olds’ financial capability: summary of workshop discussion

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

The Savings and Credit Pathfinders Programme – evaluation report

Consultation response | Evidence submitted by the Money and Pensions Service to the APPG on financial education’s inquiry

MoneyHelper – a new single destination for financial wellbeing

Pensions Dashboards Programme provides opportunity to influence the order and timings of staged connection to dashboards

The 3 D’s of Covid

The impact of Covid-19 on financial wellbeing

Coronavirus and personal finances