Financial capability forum
This long-standing forum covers Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, it started in 2009!
Originally funded through the East of England Development Agency and European Social Fund, the Forum was set up to enable financial capability training and job search assistance for unemployed adults and frontline workers. Citizens Advice led a consortium of partners across the East of England.
The Forum is chaired and hosted by CHS group.
Keeping up to date on Welfare Benefits, Welfare Reform and Money Matters
Here is a list of newsletters and updates to sign up to to help you keep up to date on welfare benefits, welfare reform and money matters, kindly provided by the Financial Capability Forum for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough:
- Anglian Revenue Partnership – Sarah.Hyman@angliarevenues.gov.uk
- Benefits and work – campaign@benefitsandwork.co.uk
- Besom Histon & Impington – besomhi@gmail.com
- Cambridge Digital Partnership at CCVS – sally@cambridgecvs.org.uk
- Cambridge Mental Health Network – cambridgemhn@gmail.com
- Cambridgeshire Skills – Cambsals@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
- Caring Together carers magazine – engagement@caringtogether.org
- CCVS (Cambridgeshire Community Voluntary Service) – lorna@cambridgecvs.org.uk
- Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) – training@cpag.org.uk
- Citizens Advice monthly data insight briefing (1 hour) – pabusinesssupport@citizensadvice.org.uk
- Communities that Work – information@communitiesthatwork.co.uk
- Energy Saving Trust – contentmanagementgroup@est.org.uk
- GET Group – Jigna@cambridgecvs.org.uk
- Household Support Fund – Community CV – CommunityCV@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
- Hunts Forum – info@huntsforum.org.uk
- Money Guiders England network – moneyguidernetwork@news.qsa.org.uk
- Money Saving Expert’s money tips – msemoneytips@email.moneysavingexpert.com
- My Home Contents Insurance myhome@thistleinsurance.co.uk
- National Housing Federation – latest@national-housing-federation.org.uk
- PECT Energy Advice updates – energyadvice@pect.org.uk
- Policy in Practice – hello@policyinpractice.co.uk
- QUIDS IN! readers club – readersclub@cleanslateltd.co.uk
- QUIDS IN! professional network – sarah.reid@cleanslateltd.co.uk
- Rightsnet, daily welfare benefits newsletter – info@rightsnet.org.uk
- Support Cambridgeshire kathryn@supportcambridgeshire.org.uk
- TOUCHBASE, the DWP newsletter – newsletter@news.dwp.gov.uk
- Weekly Welfare Reform updates from GOV.UK – Emailgov.uk.email@notifications.service.gov.uk
Recent meeting papers
Recent meeting papers are listed below, along with further information circulated between meetings.
January 2020
- Agenda
- AP Cambridgeshire 23.01.20 and Cambridgeshire Ben forum 230120 Key Messages
- 2019 CPAG & Orbit happy-healthy-starts-report; Living-Without-Executive-Summary and Full report and Torus Furnished Tenancy Case Study
- 200124 City Council Anti Poverty Strategy presentation
- 200124 New Horizons MOW Extract
- 200124 Universal Credit Update
- Dementia Friends Talk
- DWP partnership update
- Invite to Fenland food poverty event
- Vulnerable Hub 22 1 20, Vulnerable Hub meeting 20.11.19 and Vulnerable Hub Minutes 11.12.2019
- Draft notes
November 2019
- Agenda
- #missingmoments-cover-letter and communications-toolkit
- 2019-CLAS-update
- 2019-stay-well-presentation
- ca-help-to-claim-presentation
- november-2019-new-horizons-update
- cambs-skills-spring-term-brochure
- Notes
July 2019
- Agenda
- Cambs County: Our commitment to tackling poverty & improving social mobility May 2019 and presentation; Tackling Poverty and Social Mobility 19 July 2019
- 2019 Jobcentre Escalation Process Cambridge and Vulnerable Work Coach details
- UNIVERSAL CREDIT UPDATE and Action Points Cambridgeshire 25.07.19
- Cam Skills 2019-20 Brochure
- Cambridge City Digital Directory 2019
- Cambridgeshire Benefit Forum Key Messages 25/7/19
- Cambridgeshire Skills courses by start date and by town
- CLAS Annual Service Report 2018-2019
- DWP partnership update Sept 19
- EDGE Explore Course Flyer (construction skills) and construction-skills-timetable
- EU settlement scheme; local authority factsheet
- ‘Your child may be entitled to…’ flyer
- Free School Meals flyer
- New Horizons conference 2019 booking form
- DWP VULNERABLE HUB MEETING WEDNESDAY 16TH OCTOBER 19
- Cambridgeshire skills fliers: Huntingdonshire – Fenland – East Cambs – Cambridge – Destination Employment: Cambridge and Cambourne
- Meeting notes
May 2019
- Agenda
- Clarion jobs and training DWP presentation
- Food Bank presentation
- Free Early Learning and Childcare A5 flyer, Free School Meals A5 flyer and Free School Meals A4 poster
- Notes
January 2019
- Agenda
- Notes
October 2019
- Agenda
- AP Cambridgeshire 26.07.18
- Cambridge City Council UC info leaflet and letter and leaflet
- Cambridge Sustainable Food
- Cambridgeshire Ben forum 231018 Key Messages
- CPSL-Mind-Referral-Form
- Fairbite Food Club Presentation
- Notes
July 2018
- Agenda
- Homelessness Trailblazer presentation and Trailblazer Referral Form
- October Money Essentials Training at AXIOM in PETERBOROUGH
- Universal Credit Full Service update by Davie Winterton
- Universal Credit significant change triggers for UC claim
- Cambridgeshire Ben forum 231018 key messages and action points
- Are you ready for Universal Credit leaflets: Help with digital skills, Help with managing your money, Are you ready for Universal Credit
- CLAS update for Forum 200718 and Charts
- New Fee Free Basic Bank Accounts
- New Horizons Project flyer and referral form GDPR
- Verify Leaflet
- Notes
May 2018
- Agenda
- Making money count: presentation and factsheets: DELIVERING-SUPPORT , DIGITAL-INCLUSION , RURAL-OUTREACH and WORKING-TOGETHER
- Jobcentre postcodes: Peterborough, Cambridge, Ely, Huntingdon, Wisbech
- Notes
January 2018
- Agenda 19 Jan 2018
- Cambridge Women’s Resource Centre course Becoming Confident and Assertive
- New Horizons Referral Form
- Cambridge Food Bank presentation
- Homelessness Trailblazer presentation & Trailblazer Referral Form
- Universal Access to CLAS flow chart & CLAS charts
- CHS Recruitment Day promotional flyer
- Universal Access – fast track details & post-meeting Universal Credit update Jan 2018 note
- 19 Jan 2018 Forum notes
September 2017
- CLAS update
- Improving Financial Confidence programme evaluation report August 2017
- Making Money Count conference 16 Nov booking form
- Money and mental health forum 15 Sept 2017
- New Horizons – for organisations and New Horizons Referral Form
- Homelessness trailblazer referral form
- 15 Sept meeting notes
May 2017
February 2017
- Agenda 17 Feb 2016
- Accent approach to new tenancies
- New horizons presentation
- Universal Credit & You Guide ; Universal Credit Earnings Patterns guide ; Universal Credit Full Service Explicit Consent guide
- Forum Notes
October 2016
- Agenda 21 October 2016
- Signposting
- Universal Credit notes and DWP slides on transformation
- Forum Notes
July 2016
- Agenda 15 July 2016
- Big energy week flyer
- CLAS slides
- DWP and housing slides
- Reduced Benefit Cap information
- Forum NOTES 15 July 2016
June 2016
- PIP slides
- Future East: booking form event 17th October; invitation and booking form 15th September; Cambridge invitation October 17; photo competition
- Notes June 2016
April 2016
- Agenda 17 April 2016
- Cambridgeshire Local Assistance Scheme (CLAS) for 2016-17
- DWP Benefit Forum Presentation APR 2016
- Forum NOTES 17 April 2016