The University is marking National Student Money Week with events, advice and support to help you to budget and manage your money effectively.
The theme of the week (held nationally earlier this month) is Survive and Thrive: Building financial resilience. It’s focus is addressing basic financial wellbeing skills whilst encouraging you to think longer term about your future.
What’s on at Liverpool?
Our Money Advice and Guidance Team (MAG) are running workshops to help you budget and make the most of the money you have, as well as a special workshop on cooking on a budget, where attendees will get a free slow cooker! All places must be booked, so if you’re interested in attending, please book your place as soon as possible.
Survive and Thrive money masterclass workshop
When: Tuesday, 25 March and Wednesday, 26 March
Time: 12-1.30pm (free lunch and prizes provided)
Venue: Gilmour Room, Guild of Students
In this interactive session we’ll teach you how to manage your financial wellbeing. We’ll look at maximising your income and offer best budgeting tips. Using an interactive exercise looking bank statements, we’ll look at identifying different types of spending and patterns.
Place are limited to max 30 so please book as soon as possible.
Money Advice and Guidance stall
When: Tuesday, 25 March and Wednesday, 26 March
Time: 11am-2pm
Venue: University Square (weather permitting ☀️)
Pop along to MAGs pop-up stall for meal pack giveaways, games and prizes.
Survive and Thrive cooking on a budget workshop
When: Thursday, 27 March
Time: 12-1.30pm
Venue: Student Life building (formerly Alsop on University Square)
Learn how to cook on a budget using a slow cooker. We’ll provide recipes for healthy one pot meals to save you time and money. Feel like a superhero when you come home from a busy day and dinner is already cooked! All participants will get a free slow cooker and ingredients.
Places are limited to max 15, so please book as soon as possible.
Follow us for more
We’ll be posting on our MAG socials throughout the week, offering money hints and tips and saving ideas. Follow us on Instagram @Livunimoneyadvice
You can also find more advice and information on the MAG webpages and if you need to reach out to the team, send them an email at money@liverpool.ac.uk.
University Hardship Fund
The University Hardship Fund (UHF) is open for applications from all students dealing with ongoing financial issues, as well as one-off unexpected costs.
If you are a UK student, you can apply to the Fund for help with essential expenditure such as rent or bills. You can also use the Fund to support you with a one-off cost that you couldn’t have foreseen and is causing you financial hardship, such as additional travel home due to family illness or unexpected caring responsibilities.
If you are an international student, you can apply to the fund for exceptional costs or financial emergencies that you couldn’t have foreseen and only if this is causing you financial hardship. As an international student, you’ll also need to demonstrate that before starting your course, you had sufficient finances in place to fund both your tuition fees and living costs.
International students must have contacted International Advice and Guidance on iagteam@liverpool.ac.uk before you apply to the Fund.
For all students, the UHF can’t be used to help pay tuition fees, regardless of your circumstances.
Awards from the fund are normally made on a grant basis and are therefore non-repayable.
Guidance is available to help you decide whether or not to make an application on the following webpage: www.liverpool.ac.uk/studentsupport/money-advice/university-hardship-fund/
What’s the application process?
If you decide to apply, the Money Advice and Guidance Team will look over your income and expenditure and advise you on any student loans, grants or other income you may be entitled to before assessing your application.
Applications normally take 20 working days to process (providing that you provide all the documentation to support your application), but at busy times the assessment may take longer, so it is important to apply in good time if you are experiencing financial hardship.
Further information about how to apply to the University Hardship Fund is available on our webpages.