Resources

Worth your time on this question

Everything worth your time on the question: What can I actually control this month?

Six things on this subject: two things to read and four free services and courses. Practical support sits first, before anything written to be interesting. If money pressure is the immediate problem, this comes before any exercise.

This page is for going further on your own. If you would rather work the question out with somebody asking, that is the conversation.

Under financial pressure: talk it through

LEARN · SUPPORT

Free debt advice

StepChange Debt Charity

If money pressure is the immediate problem, this comes before any exercise.

Free, confidential debt advice and a personal action plan.

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READ · GUIDE

Redundancy: your rights

GOV.UK

The official position on the payments you are owed.

Statutory redundancy pay, notice periods and time off to look for work.

Samaritans

Here because some of these subjects reach further than a written exercise should.

Free, confidential, any time, whether or not you are in crisis.

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LEARN · FREE TOOL

Every Mind Matters

NHS

Free, clinically grounded and available today if something here is heavier than an exercise can hold.

NHS self help for sleep, low mood, anxiety and stress, including a short personal plan.

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LEARN · GUIDE

Beginner's guide to managing your money

MoneyHelper

Impartial and free, which most money advice is not.

Government backed, free money guidance, including a budget planner.

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READ · RESEARCH

Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function

Anandi Mani, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir and Jiaying Zhao

Evidence that financial pressure itself consumes attention and judgement. Worth reading before concluding that anybody under money pressure is simply making poor decisions.

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