I can't believe this is out there as a free resource - Amanda's story

Meet Amanda

Amanda is a Financial Coach whose role involved supporting others with money-related challenges. She joined the Money Guiders England Network after it was recommended as a free resource that helps individuals and organisations to develop the skills necessary to have confident conversations about money.

The service, which is provided by the Money and Pensions Service and delivered by Reed in Partnership, provides practical tools to find information, explore options and access support for any kind of money matter.

Amanda said:

I was introduced to Money Guiders by the company who did my financial coaching training. They’re huge fans of Money Guiders and always encourage people to join.

Our support

Amanda was impressed by the network after the very first event she joined:

I attended my first event, and afterwards I thought - this is amazing. The network is like a Pandora’s box; everything’s out there that can support the help I give.

The first webinar Amanda attended on financial abuse was particularly impactful and helped her understanding of issues that may affect the people who she works with.

Unless you’ve been through these situations yourself, it’s difficult to appreciate what some people are going through. That event really opened my eyes to how to spot the signals. After I’d been to that, I wrote a LinkedIn post about the subject. There’s so much help, which I think many people don’t know about, and a great range of topics that you just don’t see anywhere else.

To me, that’s invaluable. It’s things I wouldn’t necessarily come across, and now I know that support is out there and being able to signpost, is excellent.

All the resources are sent out afterwards. I make sure to download the presentations and notes, so I know they’re there. Everything now acts as a resource for me moving forwards.

It gives me comfort in attending all of these events, thinking if I ever come across this, I know where to go.

Moving forward

Amanda has now become an advocate for the network and regularly encourages fellow peers to get involved.

I can’t believe this is out there as a free resource for people. When you compare it to other things, that you probably have to pay a subscription for, I think it’s absolutely brilliant.

I encourage everyone who trained with me to join.