@KateMPender

Kiwi Londoner. Gardener. Cookbook collector (and avid cook). Poetry fan. Jazz lover. Refugee from corporate life. Views are my own.

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Joined September 2021
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🗓️MARK YOUR CALENDAR🗓️ 💸 How access to financial services can drive inclusive growth across the country The panel: 🗣️ @TorstenBell MP 🗣️ Kate Pender (@Fair4AllFinance) 🗣️ Surina Somal (@LloydsBank) 🗣️@ecu_karen & SMF’s @aveek18 🗓️Sept 24, 11am Kindly supported by @Fair4AllFinance
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Our Executive Director and Director of Growth and Development Programmes @KateMPender will be joining the 'A Helping Hand: Responsible Lending in a Time of Crisis' panel at the @InnFin Global Summit 2023 tomorrow. #IFGS2023
Kate Pender, Executive Director and Director of Growth and Development Programmes will be attending the Innovative Finance Global Summit 2023 on 18 April 2023 and speaking at the 'A Helping Hand: Responsible Lending in a Time of Crisis' panel.

ALT Kate Pender, Executive Director and Director of Growth and Development Programmes will be attending the Innovative Finance Global Summit 2023 on 18 April 2023 and speaking at the 'A Helping Hand: Responsible Lending in a Time of Crisis' panel.

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The first-ever SoundPound loan was paid out yesterday! This is an exciting step towards #creditunions being the financial solution people need across #GreaterManchester
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The SoundPound #creditunions came together yesterday to celebrate a major milestone with @MayorofGM We are delighted to announce the launch of our new SoundPound loan for #GreaterManchester residents Here is @AndyBurnhamGM kicking off our #SoundPoundChallenge
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.@Chris_fitch quotes the FCA: “we haven’t yet seen enough clear evidence of firms systematically [considering vulnerability] when developing products or services”. So what should be done? Read on… moneyadvicetrust.org/blog/In…
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We’re delighted that @jpmorgan are committing £1.2m in support of our #NILS pilot. It will mean more people in vulnerable circumstances get affordable loans to help them get back on their feet bit.ly/3CPKFtY #InclusiveEconomy #FinancialInclusion #NILS #LevellingUp
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The number of people in vulnerable circumstances is rising⬆️While the number of regulated lenders is falling⬇️Credit options are becoming scarcer. We’re seeking a research partner to establish the scale and trajectory of Illegal Moneylending in the UK bit.ly/3msD6Bq
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Day 21 #FreeNazanin Today I have promised Nazanin to end the hunger strike Gabriella needs two parents Thank you all for your overwhelming care these past three weeks
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We’ve all experienced some grief during the pandemic. Those in frontline roles are facing more aggression and anger from customers as a result. Join our workshop for #CommunityFinance providers this week with @DignityLegacy to explore support strategies bit.ly/3b4wPXE

Living and working with loss - a workshop for Community Finance providers

We have all experienced some grief following the pandemic, but how do we talk about it?

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Thank you @JohnGlenUK @Fair4AllFinance and others helping people who can't afford existing credit to rebuild their lives after an emergency. The No Interest Loan Scheme pilot looks like a very positive step towards financial inclusion: fair4allfinance.org.uk/news/…

Plans announced for new UK wide No Interest Loan Scheme pilot - Fair4All Finance

Fair4All Finance are working with Toynbee Hall, Fair By Design, HM Treasury and the Devolved Administrations to deliver a pilot to provide vital support for people in vulnerable circumstances

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Great to start our NILS pilot market engagement with two recent webinars and some brilliant questions. Big thanks to our lovely partners @ToynbeeHall and @FairByDesign. Find out more and give your feedback on the pilot design bit.ly/3FKNJc3 #AffordableCredit

Market engagement begins for No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS) pilot - Fair4All Finance

Call for partnerships as Fair4All Finance, Toynbee Hall and Fair By Design launch period of market engagement for their UK wide NILS pilot

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“There’s now more food banks than branches of McDonald’s in this country.” Retail chief @icelandrichard says cutting universal credit will be “a choice between heating and eating” for many people. #bbcqt

BBC Question Time

With an audience from Cambridge, 23rd September 2021.

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Lee Healey@leehealey_25 Sep 2021
“When the welfare state was first created it was actually designed to be at 20% of median income; it's now at about 12% which is very, very low," “You can be doing all the right things and you can still be really struggling in the UK.” Baroness Stroud bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-5…

Universal credit: Tory peer wants to force Commons vote on cut

The government is scrapping the £20-a-week benefit rise, introduced during the coronavirus pandemic.

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We're excited to announce plans for a new No Interest Loan Scheme pilot with funding from @HMTreasury and working with @ToynbeeHall and @FairByDesign. It will provide a vital financial cushion for people unable to access or afford existing forms of credit bit.ly/3trrC4A

Plans announced for new UK wide No Interest Loan Scheme pilot - Fair4All Finance

Fair4All Finance are working with Toynbee Hall, Fair By Design, HM Treasury and the Devolved Administrations to deliver a pilot to provide vital support for people in vulnerable circumstances

fair4allfinance.org.uk
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Financial Times
@FT9 Sep 2021
UK lobbying regulator warns Tory co-chair over business activities on.ft.com/3l7tM5E

UK lobbying regulator warns Tory co-chair over business activities

Ben Elliot told to draw a clearer line between his private interests and public activities

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