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The meaning of money: why homeless and vulnerable people see money as a route to security, respect and freedom
— a Lemos & Crane report and workbook | | Author(s) | Gerard Lemos |
| Corporate Author | Lemos & Crane; Thames Reach |
| Publisher | Lemos & Crane, London, 2010 |
| Pages | 68 pp |
| Source | Lemos & Crane, 64 Highgate High Street, London N6 5HX. Tel 010 8348 8263 www.lemosandcrane.co.uk |
| Keywords | Financial services [older people] ; Homelessness ; Qualitative Studies ; Instruction handbooks. |
| Annotation | Support workers for homeless and vulnerable people help with sorting out benefits and budgeting. In addition, the government has emphasised the need to improve financial inclusion and financial capability. This report and workbook has been funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, and is based on a questionnaire drawn up in consultation with 14 support workers from Thames Reach, and interviews conducted with 63 service users, men and women of all ages. This report looks at and quotes service users' attitudes, experience and behaviour towards money; factors leading to financial problems now and in the past; the importance of savings; experience of borrowing and debts; and using money to meet aspirations. The Workbook (pp 52-68) provides a set of 5 structured sessions on: attitude to money; budgeting and spending; banking and saving; borrowing and debt; and looking to the future. Each session includes 8-10 questions to use in discussions about money with service users, followed by a set of ideas for action planning which suggest further sources of information (mainly free websites). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100820001 B |
| Classmark | J: K4A: 3DP: 69M |
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