Money and Mental Health
@mmhpi
Charity working to break the link between financial difficulty and mental health problems. Founded by @MartinSLewis. Led by @helen_undy.
📣 Tonight we’ve launched a new campaign to end the #CouncilTaxTrap! We want the government to stop councils hounding people about missed council tax payments. Watch our Chief Executive @helen_undy explain more and sign our petition ✍️ bit.ly/3TigaGu
Urgent reform is needed to better protect people from the government’s aggressive debt collection practices, which are causing serious needless financial hardship and distress. Dan Weir explains – with a focus on the DWP and benefits overpayments – here: moneyandmentalhealth.org/faceless-and-i…

“I was surviving month to month… I was fearing homelessness, it was that bad.” A big thank you to our Research Community member Tania for sharing her experience in the @DailyMirror. You can read Tania’s story here 👇 mirror.co.uk/money/i-left-r…
We welcome today’s announcement from the @TheFCA that it plans for more protections for people using Buy Now Pay Later schemes. The current system leaves people with mental health problems at risk of getting into debts they can’t afford to pay back, and change is long overdue.

1.1 million people owe the DWP money they’ve been overpaid in benefits. But our latest research shows that how that is being collected is causing both psychological harm and financial hardship 👇 See our recommendations for changing this broken system: moneyandmentalhealth.org/publications/n…


🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 The harsh way that the government treats people who have been overpaid benefits is causing serious financial hardship and distress. And people with severe mental illness are disproportionately affected. Read more in our new report: moneyandmentalhealth.org/publications/n…
Watch our Research Community member Suzanne on @GMB explaining why council tax debt collection needs to be fairer 🎬 Thankfully, the government recently announced a consultation on reforming council tax debt collection – and we’ll be sharing our response soon.
A year on from the general election, has anything improved on money and mental health issues? Chief Executive @helen_undy has written the government’s report card - take a look at how it’s doing: moneyandmentalhealth.org/one-year-on-fr…
