Money & Advice

For Specialist Incapacity Benefit Personal Advisor (SIBPA) service in North East London for customers with mental health problems

This project sought to evaluate the impact of additional mental health training to Specialist Incapacity Benefit Personal Advisors working for Jobcentre Plus. The methodology proposed to collect data including qualitative, quantitative and behavioural measures (including interviews, focus groups, statistical data and questionnaires) from customers and service delivery stakeholders.

Download as a PDF file:

Evaluation.of.the.Impact.of.Additional.Mental.Health.Training.pdf

Debt is not just a financial problem but can have a serious impact on a person's mental health in terms of anxiety and stress, depression, self-harm and suicidal thoughts, as well as adding to wider social exclusion problems.

Mind have produced a report which can be downloaded as a PDF file, as well as a link to their key-findings:

In.The.Red.Report.pdf | Key+findings.htm

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Libraries, Literacy and Information Management's 'Inquiry into the Governance and Leadership of the Public Library Service in England' report was published in September 2009.

The APPG report was launched at the CILIP Public Library Authorities Conference on 7 October 2009, one year after the initial announcement of the Inquiry.

Download report:

Public.Library.Service.In.England.Report.2009.pdf

Produced by Carers Uk, this Parliamentary Briefing summarises how the June 2010 Budget will affect benefits and other monetary issues.

Download briefing:

Emergency.Budget.2010.pdf