Financial wellbeing support

We are working in partnership with Affinity Connect to provide a range of free sessions about financial topics, aimed at people working in the public sector. You can attend a range of interactive online workshops on subjects like:

• planning for retirement
• tax planning
• understanding your finances (including how to save, invest, manage debt and budget)

The sessions provide information only and do not include or constitute regulated financial advice.

If you have any issues registering for any of the sessions, please contact Affinity Connect with the date and time that you would like to attend.

Contact Affinity Connect

Telephone: 0800 019 6076

Email: bookings@affinityconnect.org

If you attend a session, let us know how you get on by emailing wellbeing@essex.gov.uk.

You can find out more about financial workshops and courses in the learning and development section.

Focus on your finances

Do you know how to protect savings from future tax? How to use workplace benefits to make your money go further? Or even how small financial changes could potentially reduce your mortgage by years?

This 1 hour 30 minute interactive online session is focussed on the key aspects of financial planning. It will give you information about how to maximise the value of both your take home pay and workplace benefits.

During the session you’ll learn how to:

• manage different types of debt
• save and invest with confidence
• budget like a pro
• take steps to financial freedom

Book your focus on finance session on Affinity Connect.

Planning for retirement

Are your retirement savings on track? Do you know how much income your pension savings may provide? And have you thought about how much income you might need when you retire?

Retirement might be years away, but it’s never too soon to start planning. This session is perfect for anyone thinking about retirement or already at the planning stages.

This interactive 2 hour 30 minute online session around the key aspects of planning for a financially secure future could help get you on track.

During the session you’ll learn how to:

• plan for lifestyle changes 
• maximise the benefits of your state and workplace pensions
• make the most of your tax-free cash
• understand the income options available from your pension
• achieve your retirement goals

Book your planning for retirement session on Affinity Connect.

Understanding annual and lifetime allowances

If your employment and outside income is close to, or over, £100,000 per year and you’re making pension contributions, there could be implications for your tax bill.

This session tells you what the pension contribution and savings limits are and provides an overview of the key issues to help identify how they may affect you.

Book your understanding allowances session on Affinity Connect.