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Workshops with Pollok Credit Union
Did you make a New Years resolution to learn a new skill? Do numbers and budgets make your head spin?
Pollok Credit Union are hosting a series of workshops to help with financial and budgeting skills which are designed to help you understand money from making and following a budget to cooking on a budget, saving, understanding debt, what a credit union is and how to manage a credit union account.
Sessions start Wednesday 12 February and run through to the end of March:
What will be the workshops be covering?
1. Money management and budgeting – This workshop would be around budgeting skills, setting and sticking to a budget, affording your guilty pleasures and being aware of your income and expenditure.
2. Saving on a budget – This would look at the importance of saving in becoming financially resilient and how saving a little soon grows. It will take about where you can save and how protected your savings are.
3. Affordable credit – Understanding interest rates and options available, how your credit score affects what rates you get offered and how to check and build your credit score.
4. Cooking on a budget – This would look at how to cook on a budget giving practical ideas and simple recipes that participants can follow for nutritious, healthy and filling meals. Sessions will be hosted by MsMissMrs at 170 Bardowie Street from 10am-1:30pm.
5. Dealing with Debt – options available for dealing with your debt, where to go if you have debt problems, hints and tips for dealing with creditors and what happens if you can’t pay your debts and what options are available.
6. What are Credit Unions? Sign up and manage credit union accounts. This session will help you understand how to sign up to credit union accounts, talk about the benefits of having a credit union accounts, and give a background to credit unions in general and Pollok Credit Union in particular.
Each workshop is scheduled to last around 90 minutes.
All are welcome but spaces are limited. To sign up, please speak to your Housing Officer, contact Pollok Credit Union via email at possil@pcu.org.uk or by phone on 0141 336 6570.
Relational Mentoring - Support available for families
Could your family benefit from extra support?
The Wise Group's Relational Mentoring programme is here to help. It's FREE one-to-one support offering support with:
- household finance and benefits
- mental and physical health
- work and social skills
- home energy advice
- digital skills
For more information, please contact the Wise Group by scanning the QR code on the poster or contacting them by phone on 0141 303 3131 (choose option 8) or by email to relationalmentoringscotland@thewisegroup.co.uk
Flourish
Life can be tough sometimes. Whether it’s work, kids, home life, money… it can pile up and get overwhelming.
Flourish is a programme designed specifically for women who are trying to do it all and need a bit of encouragement on the way.
Sign up today at c7cityreach.com/flourish
Springburn Unity Network
A multicultural network fostering unity through community engagement initiatives.
Find out more about opening hours below or get in touch via the contact details on the poster.
Please note Springburn Unity Network will be closed from Wed 12 Jan 2025 - Mon 17 Jan 2025.
Creating Hope Together - a survey being conducted by Rosemount Lifelong Learning as part of research into suicide prevention.
They are looking for your help - anyone who completes the survey will be entered into a prize draw for a £50 shopping voucher.
To take part in the survey, please scan the QR code.
