This Money Guiders Scotland network event in Kirkcaldy will provide insights into the approaches taken and methods used by three local organistations. Topics covered will include income maximization, welfare and benefits, energy and debt advice, financial inclusion, affordable credit and budgeting for households.

We’ll hear from:

Citizens Advice & Rights Fife (CARF)

• About how money advice is delivered, with a focus on a tailored approach that has been developed using the Fife Benefit Checker and the Our Fife toolkit, aimed at income maximisation and support with the cost of living for its clients.

Cosy Kingdom

• About their impartial energy and debt advice service available to tenants and homeowners and their partnership with CARF.

Kingdom Community Bank

• About the five credit unions across Fife promoting financial inclusion.
• The role of one, Kingdom Community Bank, in providing affordable credit, plus details of their new household financial management and budgeting project.

You’ll have opportunities to meet the speakers, network with other participants and take part in roundtable discussions.

Who is the event for?

Anyone:

• who wants an update on the current range of support that is available to Fife communities
• from the third and public sectors who wants to find out how this support model operates
• who wants to grow their understanding of local partnership approaches

Our speakers

• Audrey Cunningham, Benefit Take Up Campaign Lead, CARF
• Michael Hildrew, Energy Advice Team Leader (Fuel Poverty), Cosy Kingdom
• Sofia Dogan, CEO and Jessica Mackenzie, Learning and Development Officer, Kingdom Community Bank

Agenda

• 10AM Registration and networking
• 10:30AM Presentations, question and answer sections and a round table discussion
• 1PM Light lunch will be provided

Money Guidance competency match

This session is relevant to the following sections of the Money Guidance Competency Framework.

• Welfare and benefits
• Debt
• Households
• Signposting customers

Accessing the venue

Cosy Kingdom's offices are two minutes walk from Kirkcaldy Train Station. There is also parking available at the station as on-street parking is limited at the venue.

Accessibility

Please advise if you have any accessibility requirements.

Keep Up To Date With The Money Guiders Scotland Network:

• Contact: moneyguidersnetwork@improvementservice.org.uk
• Register with the Scotland Network
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• Knowledge Hub Group
• Twitter

The Money Guiders Programme

Money Guiders is a programme run by MaPS, which seeks to help money guidance practitioners improve their knowledge, skills and confidence. Everything that the Money Guiders programme offers centres around the Money Guidance Competency Framework - it's there to help you better understand the full breadth and depth of money related issues that fall outside of the regulated financial advice service sector - the things you talk to your customers about.

Before attending the session, you could spend some time considering the challenges you face in your work, specifically when you provide help and guidance to your clients or service users around money issues.

• How do you spot potential problems?

• How can you start conversations about money in a sensitive way and at the appropriate time?

• How do you maintain good boundaries in your role as a money guidance practitioner within your main area of work?

The Money Guiders Competency Framework

Click here to view the Money Guiders Competency Framework (English)

Click here to view the Money Guiders Competency Framework (Welsh)

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