WHEN
Thursday 18 September 2025 9.00-12.45
WHERE
IN PERSON, Kings Centre, HALIFAX
WHAT
Summary of the session
About this event
Financial vulnerability and digital exclusion can both isolate from support people who are struggling to get by. Ensuring that people have the support that they need can make a huge impact.
What you'll learn
This session will explore:
- What financial vulnerability can look like
- The key challenges people face when managing money
- Tried-and-tested strategies to build trust, boost confidence and offer effective support
- What digital exclusion is
- What digital inclusion can look like
- Practical solutions to help people move from digital exclusion to inclusion
Who should attend?
Anyone giving any level of money guidance or offers any kind of money help or signposting to others in their community.
Who will be the speakers?
Emma Waller, Money Minded. Emma is the founder of Money Minded, a highly successful financial wellbeing organisation delivering content, training and workshop delivery. She is an award-winning financial wellbeing consultant with extensive experience of supporting people to improve their financial knowledge, skills and behaviours. Emma works across private, public and voluntary sectors, designing and delivering financial wellbeing programmes for commercial clients, charities and community groups.
Bryony Evans, Network Growth and Activation Manager, from The Good Things Foundation. Bryony works in the Community Partnerships Team at Good Things Foundation. She worked on the launch of the Databank and grant programmes. Her role currently involves sharing information about the National Digital Inclusion Network, and collaborating with partner organisations to support digital inclusion delivery across the UK
Jenny Wright, from the Money & Pensions Service (MaPS). Having worked all of her life in Yorkshire and the Humber and as a massive advocate of the North, Jenny is committed to driving social and economic change to improve the lives of people in the region. Before joining MaPS, Jenny spent two decades working the financial services sector. She delivered front line services in some of the most deprived areas across the region and is proud to continue that work.