Free money information sessions to prevent people from losing their home

Local mental health charity and national housing and homelessness charity team up to offer free information session to help those struggling with their finances.

- By Emily Cotter

Local mental health charity, Leeds Mind, is proud to be hosting money information sessions from national housing and homelessness charity, Shelter.

The session aims to build financial confidence and awareness, to improve the financial wellbeing of people struggling with housing. Ultimately, the work aims to prevent more people from losing their home.

The offer comes off the back of Leeds Mind’s work in financial wellbeing, and acknowledges the link between mental health and money.

The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute cites that “almost one in five (18%) people with mental health problems are in problem debt. People experiencing mental health problems are three and a half times more likely to be in problem debt than people without mental health problems (5%).”