The cost of living crisis and the housing crisis mean more people than ever are struggling to manage their household budgets. Research shows that 92 percent of people struggling with debt wished they’d gotten debt advice sooner.
The council’s partnership has been established to tackle this issue and ensure that residents are able to get debt support quickly and easily.
It builds on previous work StepChange and the council have done over the past 12-months, with the charity having already helped more than 500 Lambeth reduce their debt by £280,000.
The new partnership aims to make the support available to more people in Lambeth.
Cllr Nanda Manley-Browne, Lambeth’s joint Cabinet Member for Equalities,…
