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What impacts will be made at a community level if we deliver training on this
topic?
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Better able to manage money
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Greater understanding and confidence in managing money
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People would be more confident in asking/answering questions
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Greater awareness of how to deal with problems
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Improved understanding of the effects of debt and how to deal efficiently with it
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Greater confidence to tackle personal problems
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Reduced stress
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Communities empowered to pass on information by holding workshops and training
days
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Greater awareness of ethics of companies helping/offering to help a community
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Reduced element of fear of financial problems
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Greater financial independence; self esteem will be retained, which in turn keeps
peoples’ wellbeing at a high level
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Greater confidence in the benefit system
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Greater access to banking facilities i.e. banks, credit unions
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Better understanding of the way their local authority/landlord works
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Reduced pressures of financial hardship as people become more knowledgeable
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Reduced travel and phone costs as information is available more locally
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Communities more confident in scrutinising local authorities – making sure they are
delivering value for money
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Reduced risk of eviction of tenants; reduced rent arrears and greater support available
to sustain their tenancies
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Reduced debt
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Increased access to benefits – greater awareness of entitlements
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People and communities will be financially better off
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Improved health – reduced pressure on the NHS
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Greater self respect