Money Mondays

It’s ‘Talk Money Week’ which is kind of our thing! On this episode Zak & Emma discuss how their relationship with money, and talking about it, has changed. Emma tells us some of the many benefits of having a conversation about your cash and Zak tells us what this looks like on the inside.

Meanwhile, it is the first episode of ‘Moral of the Story’ with Money Ready. We hear Sam’s story about how he was able to get a hold on his debts after his release from prison

USEFUL LINKS:

• Money Ready
• StepChange
• MAPS
• Clean Slate
• Quids In Magazine

If you would like to get in touch with Money Mondays and ask us a question, suggest a topic or start a conversation, you can E-mail us at...

📧: [email protected]

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

This episode is hosted by...

Zak - The award-winning co-presenter of NPRs 'Life After Prison' Podcast

Emma - Works for 'Clean Slate' & their money skills resource 'Quids In' - Who provide information and support to people on lower incomes

You can find out more about the work of the 'Prison Radio Association' and 'National Prison Radio' here:

https://prison.radio/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Virtual Campus is available prison wide and can help you with skills, courses and much more. You can usually access it either in the education department and/or the library

On this episode we are once again joined by the fabulous Laura from The Lloyd's Academy to tell us all about the brand new financial literacy courses and programmes that have been added to the Virtual Campus. From using a debit card, to understanding your pay slip, there are loads of lessons that can help you fix up your finances while you're inside. If you're listening to this and think that someone you know inside might benefit from this, please let them know

USEFUL LINKS:

• Lloyd's Bank Academy
• Learn with Halifax
• Bank of Scotland Academy
• Clean Slate
• Quids In Magazine

If you would like to get in touch with Money Mondays and ask us a question, suggest a topic or start a conversation, you can E-mail us at...

📧: [email protected]

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

This episode is hosted by...

Zak - The award-winning co-presenter of NPRs 'Life After Prison' Podcast

Emma - Works for 'Clean Slate' & their money skills resource 'Quids In' - Who provide information and support to people on lower incomes

You can find out more about the work of the 'Prison Radio Association' and 'National Prison Radio' here:

https://prison.radio/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recent changes mean you can now potentially move to Open Prison with 5 years left of your sentence rather than 3 meaning more time to adapt back to society, strengthen family ties and earn a real wage/save some money

Zak tells us how his time in Open helped him and we also hear from his ‘Life After Prison’ co-host Jules who explains what it meant to her to be able to work out in the community 

USEFUL LINKS:

• Life After Prison
• Greggs 
• Timpson
• GXO
• Kier
• Clean Slate
• Quids In Magazine

If you would like to get in touch with Money Mondays and ask us a question, suggest a topic or start a conversation, you can E-mail us at...

📧: [email protected]

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

This episode is hosted by...

Zak - The award-winning co-presenter of NPRs 'Life After Prison' Podcast

Emma - Works for 'Clean Slate' & their money skills resource 'Quids In' - Who provide information and support to people on lower incomes

You can find out more about the work of the 'Prison Radio Association' and 'National Prison Radio' here:

https://prison.radio/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Children can often be a huge motivator for those leaving prison to turn their lives around. While it is important to restore those bonds that could have suffered during this absence it is also important to help the next generation to feel more confident around their finances. 

81% of young people in the UK are worried about money and their personal finances (Up from 60% in 2016) - So what can we do to help? How can we weave financial lessons into our everyday routine with our children? As ever, Zak & Emma have some ideas..

USEFUL LINKS:

• Money Helper 
• Young Enterprise
• National Numeracy
• Clean Slate
• Quids In Magazine

If you would like to get in touch with Money Mondays and ask us a question, suggest a topic or start a conversation, you can E-mail us at...

📧: [email protected]

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

This episode is hosted by...

Zak - The award-winning co-presenter of NPRs 'Life After Prison' Podcast

Emma - Works for 'Clean Slate' & their money skills resource 'Quids In' - Who provide information and support to people on lower incomes

You can find out more about the work of the 'Prison Radio Association' and 'National Prison Radio' here:

https://prison.radio/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paying for things has never been more convenient. Gone are the days when it’s cash or bust, now you can pay with cards, phones and even watches! While having all of this flexibility is undoubtedly a positive thing, imagine having to acclimatise to this modern world with no experience of it. This is the situation being faced by people leaving prison up and down the country. 

With this in mind, we have invited Laura from Lloyd’s academy back on to the show to cover off all of the different options for buying goods or services, looking at the features, advantages and benefits of each.

*In this episode - The contactless payment limit is quoted as £100. There are suggestions this could be made unlimited in the near future

USEFUL LINKS:

• Lloyds Bank Academy
• Using your debit card | Lloyds Bank Academy
• Clean Slate
• Quids In Magazine

If you would like to get in touch with Money Mondays and ask us a question, suggest a topic or start a conversation, you can E-mail us at...

📧: [email protected]

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

This episode is hosted by...

Zak - The award-winning co-presenter of NPRs 'Life After Prison' Podcast

Emma - Works for 'Clean Slate' & their money skills resource 'Quids In' - Who provide information and support to people on lower incomes

You can find out more about the work of the 'Prison Radio Association' and 'National Prison Radio' here:

https://prison.radio/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, Zak & Emma are joined by Nicola from 'Money Ready' - Money Ready is a financial education charity dedicated to creating a financially fluent population. They believe that financial literacy should be considered a right for all because the language of money is a language for life. 

Nicola talks about the work they do, how they are supporting people in prison and why it's so important to do so. Nicola also mentions an exciting new collaboration between Money Mondays and Money Ready - 'Moral of the Story' - Watch this space

Useful Links:

• Money Ready
• Clean Slate
• Quids In Magazine

If you would like to get in touch with Money Mondays and ask us a question, suggest a topic or start a conversation, you can E-mail us at...

📧: [email protected]

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

This episode is hosted by...

Zak - The award-winning co-presenter of NPRs 'Life After Prison' Podcast

Emma - Works for 'Clean Slate' & their money skills resource 'Quids In' - Who provide information and support to people on lower incomes

You can find out more about the work of the 'Prison Radio Association' and 'National Prison Radio' here:

https://prison.radio/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money Mondays returns for a brand new series…

Following on from our employability mini-series at the end of the last series, we’re looking at what happens when you DO land that job, and in particular, what you can expect come pay day!

You might be in receipt of a pay slip for the very first time, or you may have a load tucked away in a drawer and never given them a second thought.

On this episode Zak & Emma are joined by the lovely Laura from the Lloyds Academy to demystify these little documents covering what to expect on there, what it all means and how to ensure you’re getting paid (and taxed!) what you should 

Useful Links:

• Lloyds Bank Academy 
• Starting Employment with Lloyds Bank Academy
• All about pay slips
• Clean Slate
• Quids In Magazine

If you would like to get in touch with Money Mondays and ask us a question, suggest a topic or start a conversation, you can E-mail us at...

📧: [email protected]

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

This episode is hosted by...

Zak - The award-winning co-presenter of NPRs 'Life After Prison' Podcast

Emma - Works for 'Clean Slate' & their money skills resource 'Quids In' - Who provide information and support to people on lower incomes

You can find out more about the work of the 'Prison Radio Association' and 'National Prison Radio' here:

https://prison.radio/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Around 30% of people in prison have a learning difficulty or disability which can make managing your finances that much more challenging. 

Here to help are the fantastic organisation ‘Dosh’ who believe “that everyone should have personalised support to use their money in the way they want and for the things they enjoy” and they have been “committed to promoting independence around money for people with a learning disability since 2007”

Meike Beckford is Dosh’s Managing Director and she joins us to tell us about the additional challenges faced, how Dosh can help and what can done to change the conversation around people with learning difficulties or disabilities 

USEFUL LINKS:

• Dosh
• Citizens Advice
• StepChange
• Clean Slate
• Quids In Magazine

If you would like to get in touch with Money Mondays and ask us a question, suggest a topic or start a conversation, you can E-mail us at...

📧: [email protected]

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

This episode is hosted by...

Zak - The award-winning co-presenter of NPRs 'Life After Prison' Podcast

Emma - Works for 'Clean Slate' & their money skills resource 'Quids In' - Who provide information and support to people on lower incomes

You can find out more about the work of the 'Prison Radio Association' and 'National Prison Radio' here:

https://prison.radio/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the last episode of our employability mini-series. A huge thank you to all the people, organisations and charities who have been involved with this series 

GXO Logistics actively works with ex-offenders and prisoners through partnerships with organisations like Tempus Novo and New Futures Network. These collaborations aim to provide employment opportunities and support networks for individuals re-entering society after prison. 

Bob is their ‘Talent Pipeline Development Manager’ and oversees lots of this work. Bob tells us why GXO are so keen on working with people who have experience of the Criminal Justice System, what development opportunities are available and how you could be the next GXO employee. Bob also introduces us to Blake who started working with GXO on ROTL while he was inside. Blake tells us how this all came about, what motivates him to lead this better life and what the future holds for him

USEFUL LINKS:

• GXO 
• GXO - Careers 
• New Futures Network
• Tempus Novo
• Clean Slate
• Quids In Magazine
• Quids in - Job Readiness Quiz

If you would like to get in touch with Money Mondays and ask us a question, suggest a topic or start a conversation, you can E-mail us at...

📧: [email protected]

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

This episode is hosted by...

Zak - The award-winning co-presenter of NPRs 'Life After Prison' Podcast

Emma - Works for 'Clean Slate' & their money skills resource 'Quids In' - Who provide information and support to people on lower incomes

You can find out more about the work of the 'Prison Radio Association' and 'National Prison Radio' here:

https://prison.radio/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following hot on the heels of our entrepreneurial mini-series Zak & Emma are spending the next few episodes looking at employability; How to find a job, how to prepare for one and who can help you along the way…

Siyanda first came across Kier while in prison. The idea of working in construction didn’t really appeal to her but she was encouraged to attend a focus group by an officer. During the session, Siyanda discovered the wealth of roles offered by Kier and reached out to them when she moved to open prison which led to her securing employment with them.

She is now their 'senior D&I project coordinator' and says attending that focus group was the best thing she ever did. Siyanda tells us what it was like applying for a job whilst in prison, how Kier are supporting people inside and beyond the prison walls and why there's never been a better time to be leaving prison and searching for employment 

USEFUL LINKS:

• Kier Careers 
• Kier - Making Ground Programme 
• New Futures Network
• Clean Slate
• Quids In Magazine
• Quids in - Job Readiness Quiz

If you would like to get in touch with Money Mondays and ask us a question, suggest a topic or start a conversation, you can E-mail us at...

📧: [email protected]

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

This episode is hosted by...

Zak - The award-winning co-presenter of NPRs 'Life After Prison' Podcast

Emma - Works for 'Clean Slate' & their money skills resource 'Quids In' - Who provide information and support to people on lower incomes

You can find out more about the work of the 'Prison Radio Association' and 'National Prison Radio' here:

https://prison.radio/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.