Find a home About us Investors & business Get involved News Help Sign up Log in Home / About us / Our Social Impact / Financial and digital inclusion Strengthening financial and digital inclusion. Being unable to manage your home and money can have devastating results. Similarly, digital exclusion can cause social isolation and prevent people from accessing essential information and services. We are responding to these challenges by offering money advice, getting customers online, and signposting for debt advice. During the pandemic it has been more important than ever to support our customers and community. We have donated over 400 devices to community partners customers and staff including 120 digital devices this year to support children who were learning from home or people of any age who needed a device to participate in further education. Our national digital inclusion training project We Are Digital ensured that those lacking in technical knowledge weren’t left behind. Customers were supported with free individual support delivered remotely by an experienced tutor, conducted safely by phone and video. Our Money Advice Team work with customers to help them manage their finances and increase their income. We have provided financial inclusion support to 2,607 customers, which has generated over £2 million of additional income for our customers. This has been achieved through welfare benefits, backdated payments and grant and charitable payments. Through our grant schemes we support various projects that offer financial help to customers. Through the Community Investment Fund, the Money Advice team are able to offer small grants to customers experiencing financial hardship. Support for home-schooling colleagues and customers WE ARE DIGITAL Money Advice Team provides vital service Latest Social Impact news Previous Next SOCIAL IMPACT £1m of funding to help increase teenage girls’ confidence and activity levels 17 November, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Places for People supports Charity Bank to help charities and social enterprises access vital funding 11 October, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Helping women into work 15 June, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT #SocialSpace initiative launched! 17 May, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Investing for Impact 30 April, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Supporting the Fair by Design Fund to tackle the poverty premium 05 March, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Connecting local communities 21 January, 2021 SOCIAL IMPACT Volunteering across Places for People 03 June, 2020 Places work when they work for everyone. Back to top ↑ Find a home About us Investors & business Get involved News Help & support Contact us Careers Accessibility Sitemap Employee log in Privacy Terms Cookies Modern Slavery © 2021 Places for People Cookies We use cookies to analyse and personalise your experience on our website and to help improve its performance. By clicking ‘Accept all’ you agree to our use of cookies, or click 'Manage cookies' to personalise them. To learn more about how we use cookies, please see in our cookie policy. Accept all Manage cookies