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YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER FINANCIAL CAPABILITY FORUM MEETING. Isobel Mills, Deputy Regional Director, Government Office for Yorkshire and The Humber. The GO role in general How Financial Capability fits with other agendas What we are trying to do How you can help. The spider in the web.
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YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER FINANCIAL CAPABILITY FORUM MEETING Isobel Mills, Deputy Regional Director, Government Office for Yorkshire and The Humber
The GO role in general How Financial Capability fits with other agendas What we are trying to do How you can help The spider in the web
Implementing policies of 11 Whitehall departments Focusing on places and joining up programmes Feeding back how policies are playing on the ground Influencing upwards and outwards The GO role in general
Registered Social Landlords ideally placed to provide advice Tenants Associations providing leadership New models of home ownership looking at “loan readiness” Barnsley’s work on voids How Financial Capability fits with other agendas: housing
Engaged citizens co-producing better services A safe space for those that feel ignored Links with other kinds of “civic literacy” Altogether Better – Community Health Champions How Financial Capability fits with other agendas: community empowerment
Future Jobs Fund – should fc be a part of the contract? A job creator in itself – advisors and counsellors Rapid response redundancy packages Personalisation? How Financial Capability fits with other agendas: worklessness
Income key to narrowing the gap Leeds’ study shows the £s lost to doorstep lending exactly the same as NRF Development of social capital Community-led provision How Financial Capability fits with other agendas: neighbourhood renewal
Get evidence (stories and data) Lobby Tackle obstacles (Modernisation Fund, Credit Unions and benefit) Put Fc/fi at the centre of future thinking Broker sharing of practice What we are trying to do
Collaboration rather than competition Clarity for the customer –and the potential funder Think about new models of funding and community finance Support skills transfer How you can help (I)
Support the collection of evidence Build fc into other interventions Work together on a new fc/fi indicator for LAAs Think about what you want from any network Flag up obstacles Bring fc to partnerships How you can help (II)