It will provide support to people who are facing challenges moving towards or accessing employment opportunities, and those who due to a lack of financial capabilities face resulting barriers that can make it more difficult when trying to find and keep a job.
Better Off Finance will support individuals to:
- Improve their financial capability i.e. the ability to manage their money better, and financial resilience i.e. the ability to cope with changes in circumstances
- Prepare and progress into sustainable employment
- Progress into training and education opportunities which will enable them to be more work ready and to become more digitally skilled and included
How Does it work?
Our team will offer practical support such as:
• Help with benefits, making sure you are getting everything you are entitled to
• Help with debts and making your money go further
• Help to get the best deals on your household bills
• Help to apply for grants to pay off debts and household goods
• Help to access specialist advice to deal with complicated money issues
• Helping you learn new skills to help you find work, including creating a CV and confidence building
Better Off Finance draws together a consortium of local experts offering delivery at a local level including:
- North Liverpool Citizens Advice Bureau
- South Liverpool Citizens Advice Bureau
- East (Wavertree) Citizens Advice Bureau
- Sefton Citizens Advice Bureau
- Knowsley Citizens Advice Bureau
- St Helens Citizens Advice Bureau
- Halton Citizens Advice Bureau
- Wirral Citizens Advice Bureau
- RAISE
- Workers Educational Association
- Social Enterprise Network
Building Better Opportunities
The Big Lottery Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK. It puts people in the lead to improve their lives and communities, often through small, local projects.
It is responsible for giving out 40% of the money raised by National Lottery players for good causes. Every year it invests over £650 million and awards around 12,000 grants across the UK for health, education, environment and charitable purposes.
Since June 2004 it has awarded over £8 billion to projects that change the lives of millions of people.
Better Off Finance has received funding from the Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund as part of the 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme in England. The Department for Work and Pensions is the Managing Authority for the England European Social Fund programme. Established by the European Union, the European Social Fund helps local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support skills development, employment and job creation, social inclusion and local community regenerations. For more information visit www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding
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