Dec 26, 2015
Around 34,000 people taking, on average, two payday loans of £250 each for 30 days.Around 20,000 doorstep borrowers borrowing an average of £650.Around 20,000 people taking two loans through pawning of an average of £250, each for a couple of months.Around 300 logbook borrowers (usually secured on a vehicle) at £2,000 each.Around 3000 people borrowing an average of £600 for two years through a weekly payment store.
This means a figure of 50,000 borrowers borrowing an average of around £800 in the non-standard credit market . That’s around 12% of the adult population, concentrated in the more deprived parts of the city.
Initial assessment & then match customer to appropriate product / service
EmployersAwareness raising Payroll schemes
LandlordsAwareness raising
New tenancy incentives
Voluntary, Community &
Faith and Trade Union Networks
Awareness raising
Customers
Online / Phone / City Centre Shop
Savings/Money Management
ProductsPersonal Credit
Advice and Support
Short/medium term loans at less than 50% of commercial rates
White goods packages
Debt advice
Money advice
Including payroll savings options
Transactional card accounts
Finance for Sheffield (trading as Sheffield Money) established as an Industrial and Provident Society
Board set up: • Peter Bradley (Chair) • Sharon Squires (Secretary) • Miranda Plowden• Andy Buck
Recruitment started
FCA registration submitted
Developing ways to measure social return of investment
Building relationships with key stakeholders across the city
Progress: setting up the company
Identified and secured prominent city centre premises
Developed clear brand identity
Website under development
Communications and marketing plan
Work with landlords to raise staff awareness
Progress: here for customers
Personal Credit
• Short/Medium-term loans at less than 50% of commercial competitors
• Working with Five Lamps CDFI and Credit Unions
• White goods packages with Appliances Online
Savings and Money Management Products
• Savings with Credit Unions
• Transactional card account with Ffrees
• Insurance options in development with Thistle Group
Advice and Support
• Working with Sheffield Citizens Advice
• Working with Money Advice Service
Progress: offering the right product
Promote Sheffield Money through your communications
Work with us to develop materials for front line staff
Work with us to develop key messages for customers and service users
Explore other ways of promoting the service
Staff benefit as well as a service for Sheffield residents
Payroll deductions to savings
Access to loans at better rates than high street banks
Opportunity to invest in the development of a business aiming to make a positive social impact
Discussions with Key Fund
Shares in the company
Donations also possible
Five Lamps have an initial investment of £500k in lending capital for Sheffield
We need to match this with a further £500k over the short term
Longer term working toward a total fund of £2.5m
Social Loan Note – 5-year investment
Social return on the investment
Financial return on the investment