Recently published research

2024

Impact of the budget (PDF, 617kB) (part of the series: Financial Fairness Tracker)
Jamie Evans, Katie Cross and Sharon Collard

Flexible payments: Understanding payment needs in low-income households
Sara Davies and Sharon Collard

Evaluating money matters advice and support services provided through food banks
Andrea Finney, Sara Davies, David Collings, Katie Cross and Jamie Evans

Financial wellbeing and ethnicity: Household finances in the UK by ethnic group (PDF, 1,102kB) (part of the series: Financial Fairness Tracker)
Katie Cross, Jamie Evans and Sharon Collard

Driving up costs: The car insurance poverty premium in 2024
Jamie Evans and Sara Davies

Understanding the role of savings in promoting positive wellbeing
Jamie Evans and Sara Davies

Bumpy road to recovery - Household financial wellbeing in May 2024 (PDF, 2,318kB) (part of the series: Financial Fairness Tracker)
Jamie Evans, Katie Cross and Sharon Collard

The low self-efficacy trap: why people with vulnerabilities experience prolonged periods with payment problems
Elaine Kempson and Christian Poppe

Designing with mothers for mothers: The Family Saver pilot
Anne Angsten Clark, James Berry, Sara Davies, Valerie Davis, Namaswi Paladugu, Claire Royall, and Karima Thomas

Beyond individual responsibility – towards a relational understanding of financial resilience through participatory research and design
Anne Angsten Clark, Sara Davies, Richard Owen and Keir Williams

Scottish household finances: An overview of financial wellbeing in Scotland (PDF, 1,134kB) (part of the series: Financial Fairness Tracker)
Jamie Evans and Sharon Collard

2023

Turning a corner? The financial wellbeing of UK households in October 2023 (part of the series: Financial Fairness Tracker)
Jamie Evans, Katie Cross and Sharon Collard

Joined up: Supporting debt advice clients through strong referral partnerships
Jamie Evans and Sharon Collard

Testimonies from the energy crisis
Ed Atkins, Caitlin Robinson, Sara Davies, Sharon Collard and Matt Copeland

The financial wellbeing of disabled people in the UK
Jamie Evans, Sharon Collard, Ellen Fruijtier, Hayley Dawson, Luis Campos Ferreira and Eric Harris

Focus on housing - Exploring the financial wellbeing of different tenure groups (PDF, 914kB)
Jamie Evans and Sharon Collard

The 'new normal' - The financial wellbeing of households in May 2023 (PDF, 973kB)
Jamie Evans and Sharon Collard

The family dynamics of gambling harms
Sharon Collard, Sara Davies and Katie Cross

The financial wellbeing of Scottish households (PDF, 913kB) (part of the series: Tracking the financial impact of the pandemic and cost of living crisis)
Jamie Evans and Sharon Collard

The financial costs of Cystic Fibrosis
Jamie Evans, Sara Davies and Katie Cross

The intersecting impacts of mental ill-health and money problems on the financial wellbeing of people from ethnic minority communities
Jamie Evans, Thomas Richardson, Katie Cross, Sara Davies, Peter Phiri, Nick Maguire and Rachel Jenkins

The poverty premium in 2022
Sara Davies and Jamie Evans

2022

Prices rising, temperatures falling (PDF, 1,225kB)
Jamie Evans and Sharon Collard

From mothers for mothers - supporting financial resilience through user-centred services
Anne Angsten Clark, Sharon Collard, Sara Davies (University of Bristol); Rahana Davis, Valerie Davis, Claire Royall, James Berry (community researchers / Great Western Credit Union)

Community-centred services support residents to build financial resilience
Anne Angsten Clark, Sharon Collard, Caitlin Holme and Daniella Jenkins (University of Bristol); Moustapha Ahmed, Claudia Dimitriu, Elmi Duucale and Iqbal Osman (community researchers); Lisa Dora and Hari Ramakrishnan (Boost Community).

Analysing the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19: a new regional geography or pandemic enhanced inequalities?
Katie Cross, Jamie Evans, Julie MacLeavy and David Manley

Exploring the links between gambling and problem debt
Sara Davies, Jamie Evans and Sharon Collard

Credit unions and gambling: A practical guide to support members
Katie Cross and Sharon Collard

Cashing in: How do cash deposits at Post Offices change when local bank branches shut?
Jamie Evans and Daniel Tischer

Mapping the poverty premium in Britain
Jamie Evans and Sara Davies

Under pressure: the financial wellbeing of households in June 2022 (part of the series: Tracking the financial impact of the pandemic and cost of living crisis)
Jamie Evans and Sharon Collard

Facing barriers: Exploring the relationship between disability and financial wellbeing in the UK (part of the series: Tracking the financial impact of the pandemic and cost of living crisis)
Jamie Evans and Sharon Collard

Exploring access to cash within gambling premises in Britain
Jamie Evans and Katie Cross

Exploring alternatives to 'safer gambling' messages
Sara Davies, Sharon Collard, Simon McNair and Lauren Leak-Smith

Women's experiences of gambling and gambling harm
Sharon Collard, Sara Davies and Maria Fannin