A RCT was undertaken with 500 members of Derry Credit Union to determine whether mobile apps, designed to enhance financial capability.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Credit Use and Debt, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: Northern Ireland
Year of publication: 2018
Carers UK Thinking Ahead resource - What Works Fund
Carers UK’s online Thinking Ahead resource encourages working age people to consider the financial impact of caring and to take actions to mitigate the risks.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Pensions and Retirement Planning, Credit Use and Debt, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2018
Changing behaviour around online transactions
An RCT testing the efficacy of live assisted digital transactions. Developed by Good Things Foundation and Toynbee Hall and delivered by 18 community organisations to struggling working-age people.
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Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
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Topics: Financial Capability
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Year of publication: 2018
Age Cymru Swansea Bay evaluation report
Financial advice for older people, delivered as 1:1 appointments or group seminars.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Pensions and Retirement Planning, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: Wales
Year of publication: 2018
Student-led investigation, delivered by Young Scot to identify what financial capability support and interventions currently exist for further and higher education students across Scotland.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: Scotland
Year of publication: 2018
Birmingham Settlement What Works project
Money workshops delivered by Birmingham Settlement with marginalised young people aged 11-25 in structured and community settings.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Credit Use and Debt, Financial Education
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
Plymouth Citizens Advice’s 'Money Active'
Evaluation of a programme which aimed to deliver more sustainable outcomes for debt advice clients by providing them with financial capability training.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Credit Use and Debt
Country/Countries: England
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Evaluation of Life, Money, Action! for Money Advice Service - What Work’s Fund
Life, Money, Action! is a training course and qualification, designed to support 200 youth practitioners across the UK deliver financial capability support to the young people they work with.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Financial Capability
Country/Countries: England, Scotland & Wales
Year of publication: 2018
Evaluation of MyBnk Money Works
Money Works is a financial education programme targeted at ‘vulnerable’ young people. It is delivered by MyBnk across England and Wales, through a variety of host organisations.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Pensions and Retirement Planning, Credit Use and Debt, Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: England and Wales
Year of publication: 2018
An evaluation of Age Scotland’s ‘Money Matters’ roadshows, aimed at post-retirement adults and focusing on a range of financial capability topics of relevance to older people.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Financial Capability
Country/Countries: Scotland
Year of publication: 2018
Evaluation of a project delivered by the National Youth Agency to 500 16-21 year olds, to improve their financial knowledge and to help them make good decisions about finances in the future.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Pensions and Retirement Planning, Credit Use and Debt, Budgeting and keeping track, Financial Education, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
Healthy Finances Pilot final evaluation
An evaluation of Shelter Scotland’s Healthy Finance pilot which aims to reach vulnerable & excluded individuals who are ‘under the radar’ and otherwise unlikely to access financial & housing advice.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Credit Use and Debt, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: Scotland
Year of publication: 2018
BEAT 2 Project - What Works Fund
Changing Lives and Oasis Aquila Housing - one-to-one specialist financial advice provided to vulnerable adults at-risk of homelessness. Delivered in community settings in NE England .
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Credit Use and Debt, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
West Kent’s financial capability training for current and prospective apprentices/trainees aged 16-24.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Financial Education
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
Evaluation of MAS Budget Planner online tool
An evaluation to understand how and why financial capability outcomes are improved through use of the MAS Budget Planner, and how outcomes for users of this tool could be further improved.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Budgeting and keeping track, Saving, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: United Kingdom
Year of publication: 2018
Money Matters: Financial capability, wellbeing and young people
Evaluation of YIACS in improving 16-24 year old’s financial capability, through 451 paired pre-and post-intervention surveys of young people with money issues across nine organisations.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Credit Use and Debt, Financial Education
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
Delivering community financial advice workshops in Leicester - What Works Fund
Financial capability workshops delivered in the community to older people in Leicester by Vista, CALS and WEA.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Pensions and Retirement Planning, Budgeting and keeping track, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
Get £ F+IT - does increasing the digital skills of older people increase their financial capability?
A project supporting older people to have greater confidence in their digital skills and use these to manage their money.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Pensions and Retirement Planning, Credit Use and Debt
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
Citizens Advice Southwark final evaluation report - What Works Fund
Monthly welfare reform events for social housing tenants in Southwark likely to fall into problem debt delivered by Citizens Advice Southwark.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving, Financial Capability
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
An evaluation of Cash Smart Credit Savvy
An introductory budgeting and financial capability programme, delivered by CUF to working age individuals and Train the Trainers in community settings. Mixed method process & impact evaluation.
Information about the programme design and rationale
Evidence about Financial Capability outcomes for programme participants
Evidence that the Financial Capability outcomes were caused by the programme
Evidence about programme implementation, feasibility, and piloting
Evidence about relative costs and benefits of the programme
Topics: Saving
Country/Countries: England
Year of publication: 2018
