Money Advice Plus

20/08/2026

It's now three weeks to go until the Brighton Legal Walk, which raises vital funds for our charitable services at Money Advice Plus, as well as BHT Sussex, Citizens Advice Brighton and Hove and Possability People.

You can donate to Money Advice Plus ahead of the walk here:

https://londonlegalsupporttrust.enthuse.com/pf/money-advice-plus-brighton-2026

We appreciate any support you can give, and would like to thank everyone involved in this fundraising event 💛

Thank you for supporting our team for the Brighton Legal Walk 2026. Our team is: Sophy Williams (with more to follow!) We are taking on a sponsored 10km walk on Wednesday 9th September to raise funds

19/08/2026

We wanted to share some statistics from The Money Charity about rising costs and increased borrowing in the UK:

The average house price in the UK increased by 2.7% in the year to May 2026 to £271,000 🏠

The ‘effective’ interest rate (the actual interest paid) on newly drawn mortgages increased to 4.22% in May, up from 4.08% in April 💵

The average UK monthly private rent increased by 3.3%, to £1,388, in the year to June 2026 💶

In the year to May 2026, outstanding consumer credit increased by 7.0%, while outstanding levels of credit card borrowing increased by 7.3% 💷

The effective rate on interest-charging credit cards was 21.45% in May, up from 21.20% in April 💳

We know it can be challenging - we understand and we are here for you 🩵 🧡

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24/07/2026

The feedback we receive from our clients means so much 💛

Thank you to our incredible team for their hard work, which is literally life-changing for many of our service users.

14/07/2026

At Money Advice Plus we are proud to be working on this project, funded by the Network to Reduce Gambling Harms,, with RISE and Thrivin' together CIC. This important work will explore the links between gambling harms and relationships, and as part of this, between gambling harms and domestic abuse.

💫 Opportunity: Group Exploring Relationships, Domestic Abuse and Gambling Harms

We are seeking women who have gambled, or are an affected other of someone who gambles or has gambled to form a lived experience group. We want to find out about their experience of any support they received, or would have liked to receive. We are also seeking their input on the development of services and professional training.

We expect this to take the form of 1-1 interviews of 1-2 hours, and a focus group. We will decide with participants whether this is to be a one off engagement or more ongoing. We have a budget for compensation of your time.

If you feel that you have had these experiences and would like to be involved please email us [email protected]

CORRECTION: Please note that this project is funded by the Network to Reduce Gambling Harms https://www.networkrgh.co.uk/ not GREO.

03/06/2026

This week it is Volunteers' Week, and at Money Advice Plus we'd like to say a massive thank you to our two volunteers, Mark and Lisa, who work with us on Fridays. We appreciate you so much, and we know our clients do too.

27/05/2026

Are you a Money Advice Plus client who is neurodiverse - for example, are you on the autistic spectrum, have ADHD or dyslexia – and do you experience mental health challenges? At Money Advice Plus we want to make sure that our services, the support and advice we provide to you, reflect what you need. Especially for our clients who are more vulnerable than others.

We are organising a focus group, a small group of people getting together in a very supportive space, to talk about their experience of accessing Money Advice Plus. For example, we will ask people how their experience was of accessing our services and if there anything that Money Advice Plus can do better.

The focus group will take place here, at Money Advice Plus offices (Tisbury Road Offices, Hove Town Hall, Tisbury Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ) on Friday 19th of June, from 10:30am to 12:00noon, with a break in the middle. To say thank you, we will give participants a £20 shopping voucher.

Are you interested on attending the focus group, or do you have a question about it? Please let your case worker know or email Paolo at [email protected]

14/05/2026

12/05/2026

As part of we’re highlighting the hidden dangers of illegal lending.

Loan sharks often start by acting helpful - offering quick cash with no paperwork. But behind the friendly move is a dangerous game designed to trap people in debt.

Go to www.stoploansharks.co.uk for more information.

01/05/2026

At Money Advice Plus we can't believe it's May already, but April brought some good news that we wanted to share on a Friday afternoon 💫

Firstly, in April, the government announced important changes to make council tax debt collection less aggressive ✔️ It used to be the case that if you missed a single council tax payment, after just three weeks your council could demand that you had to pay your full annual bill – so up to 12 times more than the original debt. Some councils would then change an extra £150 on top of this if you couldn't pay your bill. From next April, people will be given two months between missing a payment and having to pay their full bill, which we know will make a big difference to many people.

Secondly, we have had our financial outcomes for clients back - and we are overwhelmed with the impact we have had over the past year! 🤩

The total gains for all our clients in 25/26 is £9,397,463 – an average of £2,790 for each client in the year.

This includes:
* £3,063,447 in benefit income
* £6,256,191 in one-off payments
* £3,141,272 in ongoing payments
* Debt relief of £5,748,423 (write offs, and Debt Relief orders, IVAs etc)

This includes £2,743,702 for victim-survivors of economic abuse, £308,772 of which was through our pioneering Economic Abuse Evidence Form, now being piloted by major financial institutions.

In addition to these gains we helped people manage debts totalling £7,875,416 and arranged rent arrears repayments of £56,316 per year.

We want to thank everyone in our wonderful team who work so hard on behalf of our clients, and our clients for trusting our service to help them 💛

We are feeling very proud of the life-changing outcomes we have, and as well as the figures we have client feedback like this that means everything to us:

"We were in serious debt for quite a while and yes we were struggling but we had help from you and we have we started our life and it's all because of you and your team"

Wishing everyone a very happy Bank Holiday weekend.

28/04/2026

We are proud to be working with RISE and other organisations on a Gambling Harms project funded by Greo.

Along with Rise, we are seeking women who have gambled themselves, or are affected by a relationship with someone who gambles now or has gambled in the past, to form a lived experience group. We want to find out about their experience of any support they received, or would have liked to receive.

Please do share this post with relevant organisations and individuals.

Full information is available here:

Women who have gambled or are an affected other of someone who gambles or has gambled are invited to feed into development of services and professional training