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We believe that no single individual or organisation can help the millions of people who are in financial need. It is only by working in partnership that we can develop our services and ensure that we reach all those who could benefit from them.
The members of our Strategic Development Group are representatives of organisations with an interest and expertise in financial exclusion, charitable grant giving and welfare benefits. They provide us with advice and act as our ambassadors.
Current members are:
Advice UK (link opens in a new window) Advice UK is the largest UK support network of advice giving organisations. Its services include management support, insurance, training, money advice and information.
Association of Charitable Organisations (ACO) (link opens in a new window) ACO represents over 200 charities offering aid and guidance to individuals in needs. It helps them to work together to share and co-ordinate their activities to increase the numbers of people in need they help.
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) (link opens in a new window) CPAG is the leading charity campaigning for the abolition of child poverty in the UK and for a better deal for families and children with low incomes. It aims to raise awareness of the causes, extent, nature and impact of poverty, and strategies for its eradication; bring about positive policy changes for families with children in poverty; and enable those eligible for income maintenance to have access to their full entitlement.
Citizens Advice (link opens in a new window) Citizens Advice helps people to resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice from 3,300 locations using 20,000 volunteers. They also have a comprehensive online advice guide (opens in a new window).
Elizabeth Finn Care (link opens in a new window) Turn2us is part of the Elizabeth Finn Care family - a leading direct grant-giving charity specifically dedicated to helping people in financial need . For over 100 years, it has been giving practical and financial support to people from a wide range of backgrounds who have fallen into financial need because of age, physical or mental illness, family breakdown, bereavement or redundancy.
Home-Start UK (link opens in a new window) Home-Start UK is a leading family support organisation, offering support friendship and practical help to parents with young children in local communities throughout the UK and with British Forces in Germany and Cyprus.
Money Advice Trust (link opens in a new window) The Money Advice Trust aims to reduce the unmanageable debt of UK consumers by working with the government, private sector and UK’s leading money advice agencies to increase the availability and quantity of money advice as well as improve its efficiency and effectiveness. It runs two free, independent money advice helplines for people with debt problems – National Debtline (link opens in a new window) and Business Debtline (link opens in a new window).
Working with intermediaries, i.e. the thousands of advisers, support workers, volunteer home visitors or welfare officers who have regular face-to-face contact with people in financial need, is a fundamental part of Turn2us’s work.
Read about our initiatives working with intermediaries
If you are an individual or organisation from the voluntary, public or private sectors, there are many ways in which you could work with us to become part of the solution we offer.
You could help us by:
If you are interested in working with us, contact Alison Taylor, Turn2us Director, for more information.
Turn2us’s groundbreaking new service to help the millions of people in financial need in the UK has received support from many influential people:
“The development and establishment of Turn2us is the most significant third sector development for many years.” Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive, National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
‘Thousands of intermediaries and advisers across the UK do a fantastic job to support people in desperate financial need everyday. Turn2us will help them further support people to maximise their income and will prove to be an invaluable source of information for everyone.’ Steve Johnson, Chief Executive, Advice UK
‘Thousands of charities exist that give grants to people in financial need, but there is a need to increase awareness of them and create a place for people to search and apply for suitable grants. As Chair of Benevolence Today, I welcome this initiative as it is a good example of the charity sector working together to achieve improved impact on the lives of those in need. Turn2us is an essential bridge between people struggling with money and the charities that can fund them. Through Turn2us, charities will have the opportunity to let the public, and intermediaries and advisers, know if they have funds available and communicate quickly and efficiently with people that meet their giving criteria.'
Fred Payne, Chief Executive, The Bank Workers Charity - Support for bank staff
Visit the Elizabeth Finn Care website
Turn2us - to access benefits & grants.
