Research Library

Analysis of the Money and Pensions Service’s Adult Financial Wellbeing Survey 2021 to explore groups affected by mental health problems and links to financial wellbeing in the UK.

Research by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) to understand how much consumers know about the protection the scheme offers and which financial products and institutions it covers.

A summary of recent evidence for the Money and Pensions Service on the impact of Covid-19 on levels of credit use among UK adults and especially the use of consumer credit for everyday essentials.

This review considers evidence on the latest evidence on the financially vulnerable, with a specific focus on those using credit to make ends meet.

An evaluation of a UK-wide pilot programme, with three workstreams, aimed at improving saving and credit use amongst people in MaPS ‘Struggling’ and ‘Squeezed’ segments.

Evaluation of five pathfinder projects in mainstream and non-mainstream settings in England to understand how to scale the delivery of effective financial education for 16 and 17 year olds.

A mixed-methods evaluation of the Many Sisters ‘Fun to finance’ practical lifestyle workshops and 1-2-1 Money Mentoring delivered online by Southern Housing Group to women tenants in East London

Ecorys UK, in partnership with the Personal Finance Research Centre (PFRC) at the University of Bristol, was commissioned by The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) in October 2020 to evaluate the Children and Young People (CYP) Financial Education Innovation and Evaluation Programme. The programme comprised seven pilot projects. This report focuses on one of these pilot projects; the Money Matters pilot delivered by Whizz-Kidz.

Evaluation of year three of the Money Twist programme, which aimed to improve the financial education of primary school age children. Workshops delivered by MyBnk in schools, with pupils aged 5-11.

A qualitative assessment of early learnings from a trial of Jars, a workplace hybrid savings tool, comprising interviews with employees, employers and stakeholders