Education packs: download
The Stop Loan Sharks England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) work with primary and secondary schools to deliver financial education. Understanding where money comes from, budgeting, affordable credit and other aspects of financial education is an initial step in preventing people turning to loan sharks.
Thank you for submitting your contact details to access the education resources. They can be downloaded below.
Primary School 5-11 financial education resource – final
Secondary School 11 -19 education resource – final
Contact us for more information
For more information on how the England IMLT can help you develop financial education in schools please email Catherine.wohlers@birmingham.gov.uk
We’re really pleased to welcome Housing Plus Group as the latest organisation to sign up as a Stop Loan Sharks Access Point.🙌![]()
Housing Plus Group delivers social housing and care services across the Midlands, providing 33,000 homes across Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Telford & Wrekin, and working right on the frontline of local communities.![]()
By becoming an official Access Point, Housing Plus Group is helping to ensure that thousands of families across these areas now have somewhere safe, local and supportive to turn to if they ever encounter a loan shark.![]()
A huge thank you to the team at Housing Plus Group for joining our network and helping us reach people who may need support.![]()
We’re incredibly grateful to the dozens of organisations across the country that have already joined our We Will Help You Make the Call scheme and become Access Points. 🙏![]()
If you work within your community and have a local office that could become an Access Point, you can find out more here: www.stoploansharks.co.uk/wewillhelpyoumakethecall/![]()
Read the full story about how Housing Plus Group are helping by following the link in the comments 👇![]()
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#partnershipworking
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📱 It's even easier to report illegal lenders! You can message us on WhatsApp at 07700 102773. Our team is here to help Monday to Friday, 9am to 8pm. All messages are treated in complete confide#StopLoanSharksh#SupportWhenYouNeedIteedIt
Could you make a national impact tackling organised financial crime?![]()
The England Illegal Money Lending Team is looking for an Operations Manager - Accredited Financial Investigator to help lead the fight against illegal lending across England.![]()
We’re looking for someone with experience in trading standards, financial investigation, or a related enforcement service who can lead a specialist financial investigation unit, driving complex, criminal investigations that protect vulnerable communities and disrupt organised crime at a national level.![]()
The IMLT is hosted by Birmingham City Council, but works across the country.![]()
Find out more and apply here: www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/254752/operations-manager-afi/
Sid the Shark has been out in South Derbyshire this week at the district council housing housing roadshow event at Oaklands Village, Swadlincote.
He was helping to spread awareness about the dangers of illegal lenders, and we chatted to lots of local residents.
Thanks to South Derbyshire District Council for inviting us along!
#stoploansharksengland
A 66-year-old man was arrested in Leeds today on suspicion of being a loan shark.
We worked with West Yorkshire Trading Standards and West Yorkshire Police on this operation.
If you're in the area - or anywhere in England - and think you've borrowed from a loan shark, you can get in touch with us by calling 0300 555 2222.![]()
The link to the full story about today's operation is in t#stoploansharksenglandansharksengland
