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How you can work with the Money Advice Service
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Meet the MAS teamJoanna Smith, PR and Media Manager
Jo looks after corporate and consumer PR campaigns. She also manages the press office. You can get hold of the team on:
Flo Buswell, Digital Content Producer
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Flo writes for the @YourMoneyAdvice blog. She also seeks out influential people to write guest blog posts
The big picture
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Levels of financial capability are low
Our mission
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To increase financial capability
To reduce over-indebtedness
To change people’s lives by helping them make the most
of their money
We want consumers to…
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Be alert to issues that affect
their finances
Talk to family and friends about their finances
Be ‘Money Smart’ and plan
for life events and unexpected
costs
Turn to one of the many free and impartial
sources of advice
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What we do and how we do it
Face to face sessions
• 102,000 money advice• 250,000 debt (funded)
• 75,000 telephone calls• 30,000 webchat
4 million printed guides
• 21 million web contacts in 2014/15
• Responsive for mobiles and tablets
We fund 336,000 free debt advice sessions
What we can offer you
Money Advice Service
Website
Research
Tips and facts
Guest blog post
Tools and content from
website
Campaigns
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Our Website
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www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk
Topical Research
State of the Nation reports:
• Milestones and Millstones, July 2015
• Money Lives, March 2014
• Indebted Lives, Nov 2013
Positive life bring an increase in financial
capability but they can be financial millstones
too
8.8 million people are indebted in the UK
and yet only 17% seek free debt advice
Ability to ‘make ends meet’ was often reliant on whether or not people had the requisite skills and knowledge
Tips and facts
We can provide jargon free, expert tips and advice to support the news agenda
• Interest rate rises –tips to encourage people to plan ahead for interest rate rises
• Avoiding overdraft charges –tips and advice to help people avoid going into their overdrafts
• University tips –money tips for those heading to university or college this September
• Pension reforms –tips and advice for those considering their retirement income options
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Tools and content The partnerships team works with a number of organisations in a
range of ways:
• Tools - You can get embed code for any MAS tool straight from our site: https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/corporate/syndication
• Videos – Feel free to use any MAS video from our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MoneyAdviceService
• Any written content on the Money Advice Service, any Blog article [email protected]
• Infographics [email protected]
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Tools and content
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Infographics
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Our blog
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Our blog
• Our blog offers a human, engaging and topical platform for digesting money matters
• Since launch in January, more than 703,000 people have visited
• Popular topics include mortgages, disposable income, savings and a few stranger ones including…
Paper tax discs (Have you still got your paper tax disc, 144,622 visits)Jurassic Park (6 money habits that should be extinct, 5229 visits)
Want to get involved?
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Guest blog posts
We want bloggers with real-life experience and tips8 bloggers have written for us in 2015 including some
familiar names here todayYou have access to –
c60,000 blog visitors
a month51.5k fans
37k followers
Campaigns
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Past campaigns:
• Money and relationships, Feb 2015• Young people and Money, Mar 2015• Holiday spending, July 2015
Future Campaigns:
• Vishing/Number spoofing scams• Christmas – Money Planner• Get Britain Saving
45% admit they aren’t always honest with their partner about
finances 57% agree parents are the biggest influence on
the development of children’s Money skills
Average UK holiday maker overspends on
holiday by £220
How you can get involved
Try out our services and write about your experiences
Use our tips and advice content to help your readers make the most of their money
Use our research to support your stories
Write a guest post on our blog
Use our campaign materials to help get Britain saving
Host our tools and content on your blog
Speak to us about bespoke information
Become a Money Advice Service case study
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Key contacts
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For information about research, tips and advice, spokespeople and campaign information
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www.moneyadviceservice.org.ukBlog.moneyadviceservice.org.uk
For general information, tools and content to help you manage your money
For guest blog posts
To use tools, guides, infographics and other content
@Yourmoneyadvice
