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About this event

This session will look at the support Blackbullion can provide to those who are in higher education or those who are considering the move to higher education. Blackbullion is a financial wellbeing platform that equips people with money skills for life and improves access to funds.

For many people, moving from home to university means taking their first steps towards financial independence. Whether it’s budgeting, paying bills or saving, there is so much students need to learn before their first day. Especially as costs continue to rise while student funding fails to keep pace, the real cost of university can come as a shock to new students.

If you are a practitioner who works who may need additional support around costs, funding and money management for their service user this session will be beneficial to you!

Who is leading the session?

Danielle Coe & Vivi Friedgu

Learning Outcomes

Attendees will gain insight into how they where they can signpost or refer service users to appropriate sources of information who may be need support around student financial wellbeing. This session aims to provide insight on:

• Get tips and guidance on where to signpost.

• The short and medium-term implications of the cost of living crisis

• Money Management/budgeting

• Introduction to the platform and how it can support your organisations objectives

• Demonstration of learning content and resources available

Who should attend?

All money guidance practitioners who are supporting service users with difficult conversations and anyone offering guidance to improve the financial wellbeing. It is for practitioners who are dealing with, or might come into contact with, members of the public who may need guidance on higher education. Specifically practitioner who work with 6th form college leaders (Or in Scotland those who complete Highers/Advanced Highers at the end of S6), school leaders, careers leaders and teachers who provide career guidance and support to students aged 16-19.

Links to the Money Guidance Competency Framework

This event is designed to help you improve your money guidance practice, developing skills, confidence and knowledge around a specific money related area. 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.

Accessibility

If you have accessibility requirements, please inform us when you register by emailing moneyguidersni@reed.com and we will do our best to meet them. Participants should always remember to keep their own client and customer details confidential and not disclose personal information about them.

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The Money Guiders ProgrammeMoney Guiders is a programme run by The Money Pensions Service 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.