Turn2us Newsletter
Turn2us News is our quarterly newsletter keeping you posted on the latest developments in our work.
Each issue includes updates and information on:
- Turn2us services and plans
- Current research into financial need
- New resources to help individuals and intermediaries
- Case studies showing how our services can improve the lives of individuals in financial need.
The current issue and archive copies can be downloaded in this section. You can also sign up to receive a copy regularly.
Turn2us News Issue 03: March 2009
A helping hand to break down the barriers
Advisors and intermediaries play a key role in helping people in financial need access the money available to them...
Read Jolanta Lasota's introduction to Turn2us Issue 03
It’s a family
affair
Turn2us has secured support from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) with Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and Home-Start UK...
Helpline Update
Since the launch of the pilot helpline last November, over 3,000 enquiries have so far been received across the UK – helping people in financial need access...
Find out more about the Turn2us helpline
Shaping into Form
Turn2us has been working with the Confederation of British Service and Ex-Service Organisations (COBSEO) on Form A, the electronic database used by military charities. The project goes live this spring and aims to make it easier for individuals applying for support.
Find out more about the Form A database
"Our client group is really varied from mental health to physical disability, older people and ex offenders - so to have everything in one place is a godsend."
Intermediary
Mary’s story
Mary, who recently celebrated her sixtieth birthday, is a retired teacher who has taught in a variety of schools. In 1996, she suffered a mental breakdown and subsequently lost her job...
Find out more about Mary's story
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Date of publication: 31 March 2009