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Making sense of money - free workshops from Pollok Credit Union

Did you make a New Years resolution to learn a new skill? Do numbers and budgets make your head spin? 

Money management workshops will be taking place in North Glasgow from Wednesday 12 February 2025 with Pollok Credit Union. These workshops are designed to help you gain a better understanding of money management and gain budgeting skills.

Anyone taking part will learn more about setting and following a budget, cooking on a budget, saving, understanding debt, what a credit union is and how to manage a credit union account.

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** Due to low demand, the session on Wed 12 Feb has been cancelled.

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 talk 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.This session will be led by MsMissMrs from 10am - 1:30pm.   ** Please note the change in location and time. ** 

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. Workshops are free but spaces are limited.

If you are interested in taking part, please speak with your Housing Officer or contact Pollok Credit Union via email at possil@pcu.org.uk or by phone on 0141 881 8731.

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