05 Jan 2021 | Posted In Bob's Blog (MALG updates)

Happy New Year to all our MALG Members and contacts,

We are very pleased to announce that the MALG Members Friday Forum will continue throughout 2021 as a fortnightly event thanks to our new official sponsor PRA Group. As those of you who took part in the Friday Forum during the height of the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020 will know, it has become an important opportunity to ensure that we continue MALG’s aim of ‘working together to improve the lives of people in debt’ on a regular basis as the challenges posed by COVID-19 unfold. We may now have a vaccine but the full extent of the economic impact remains to be seen and, with 2021 predicted to be such a challenging year for those in problem debt, we want to ensure that we keep lines of communication open between money advisers, creditors, collections and enforcement agents, policy-makers, regulators, and others. As a long-time supporter of MALG, PRA Group was keen to support us – read about their sponsorship of the MALG Members Friday Forum here.

More details about the Friday Forum can be found here. Members will be sent a password to access the Zoom link. If you do not receive the password but think you are eligible to, or if you are not a current MALG Member but would like to sample a session as a guest, please email info@malg.org.uk.
MALG National Members Meeting January 2021

Our first National Members Meeting of 2021 will be held via Zoom on 28 January 10am-12.30pm. If you are eligible to attend, you should have received an email invitation with full details and Eventbrite registration link. If you haven’t but think you should have, or if you would like to attend for the first time as a guest, please email info@malg.org.uk.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

  • 10.00 – 10.10: Welcome to all guests and new representatives, Bob Winnington, CEO, MALG
  • 10.10 – 10.50: Cllr Rebecca Langton, Portfolio Holder for Communities – Nottingham City Council
  • 10.50 – 11.30: HMRC Pilot
    • Michael Sowerby, Cabinet Office
    • Steve Ward, Rotherham Metropolitan Council
    • Charles Metcalfe, Manchester City Council
    • Jonathan Woodward, Birmingham City Council
  • 11.30 – 11.40: Short Break
  • 11.40 – 12.20: Back to Business: The impact of Covid-19 on people in self-employment and what can be done to support their recovery
    • Harriet Dines and Grace Brownfield, Money Advice Trust
  • 12.20 – 12.30: Bob’s Update and Close
MALG and Digimass ‘Let an app fill the gap’ virtual fintech event February 2021MALG and Digimass are joining forces to hold a half day virtual event which will be exclusively free to MALG Members! Save the date for ‘Let an app fill the gap’ on 3 February 2021 and watch this space for more details.
MALG Regional Meetings update

MALG regional group meetings are now being held via Zoom and have been very well attended. Remember, if you are a National Member, you have access to some or all of the regional groups so please take advantage of this membership benefit.

Details of upcoming regional meetings, can be found at www.malg.org.uk/events.

If you aren’t currently being invited to regional meetings and think you should be/want to be, please contact the relevant regional secretary:

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