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What you eat and drink can have a big impact on your physical and mental health. Making some small, healthy changes to your diet could bring big benefits.
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Does thinking or talking about money make you nervous?
Maybe budgeting makes you feel lost?
Your financial wellbeing can affect so many areas of your life. Our self-help guide goes back to basics to help you build a foundation on which to improve your finances.
What financial wellbeing Support does Help for Heroes offer?
Other ways we can help
- Veterans Mobility Fund - A fund designed to support veterans with physical disabilities resulting from illness or injury sustained during service.
- Welfare services - Our case managers work in partnership with veterans and families to help people take back control of their lives.
- One off Grants- including cost of living support.
A Self-Help Guide
Financial wellbeing: The Basics
- A free, interactive, online guide.
- Designed to work through at your own pace, any time, anywhere.
- With no need to sign up, you can learn more about factors that influence your finances and positive tools and strategies to help you feel in control.
More about the Self-Help Guide
What will I learn on the 'Financial Wellbeing: The Basics' self-help guide?
- More about terminology relating to finances and factors that can impact your financial wellbeing.
- Tools, strategies and positive habits to help you feel in control of your finances.
How do I access it?
With no need to book or sign up to anything, you can work through this online self-help guide at your own pace, any time.
The course has changed my whole approach to money. I now have confidence to budget and examine my expenditure.”
Financial Wellbeing course
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