Debt Management Vulnerability Toolkit published
The Debt Management Vulnerability Toolkit is designed to help public sector creditors support their vulnerable customers. It provides front line staff with best-practice tools to identify and assist people facing physical and mental challenges, so recovery can focus on those who are deliberately trying to avoid repaying their debts. The toolkit has been collaboratively developed […]
Read MoreMoney Advice Liaison Group (MALG) to focus on Leadership, Diversity & Inclusion at October face-to-face conference
MALG, the not-for-profit membership organisation that brings together organisations from across the money advice, credit, and debt landscape to ‘work together to improve the lives of people in debt’, has announced the theme of its first face-to-face conference since the pandemic. The MALG Conference, which will be held at No.11 Cavendish Square in London on […]
Read MoreDebt Camel offers advice on claiming Warm Home Discount
Money adviser and Debt Camel blogger Sara Williams is urging millions of people on benefits or a low income to claim a one-off discount of £140 off their electricity bill through the UK’s Warm Home Discount scheme. In her blog, ‘£140 help with your electricity bill this winter’, she outlines how the Warm Home Discount […]
Read MoreBob’s Blog: Green light to go ahead with MALG Conference 2021!
Hello to all our MALG Members and contacts! Firstly, a little housekeeping matter: MALG has recently been awarded Cyber Essentials Certification and continues to be GDPR compliant. We have added a DMARC code to our email servers to ensure our emails reach our recipients’ servers correctly. Could we kindly ask all our members and subscribers to liaise with […]
Read MoreProposals for a new Enforcement Conduct Authority backed by debt advice sector
Think tank the Centre for Social Justice has worked with the debt advice sector and enforcement industry to reach a consensus on plans for a new independent oversight body to protect people in debt. The Taking Control group of advice agencies and other charities, set up in 2016 to campaign for bailiff reform, has collectively […]
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