Barratt Health & Wellbeing Month: Week 3 - Financial Wellbeing Financial wellbeing is about a sense of security and feeling as though you have enough money to meet your needs. It's about being in control of your day-to-day finances and having the financial freedom to make choices that allow you to enjoy life. As a valued Barratt employee we offer a range of support and benefits to help improve and maintain financial wellbeing.
Did you know that to support your financial wellbeing we provide all employees with access to the following: Money management advice via our Employee Assistance Programme Offers support and articles on financial planning, retirement planning, fraud & identity theft, income changes, budgeting, debt & saving. Visit the My Barratt Benefits platform for further information. Money management advice via the Construction Worker Helpline Offers help and advice on debt and money worries, and also offers hardship grants. Visit the My Barratt Benefits platform for further information. Salary Finance To support you with your money and help you have more financial peace of mind, you can now access a new range of benefits through Salary Finance, our financial wellbeing provider. Through Salary Finance, colleagues have access to: Affordable loans repaid through salary: Representative Rate 7.9% APR (fixed). Simple savings accounts: Through Yorkshire Building Society with contributions transferred directly from your salary, helping you to save without the hassle. Help to Save: With this government-backed scheme, anyone receiving Working Tax Credit, Universal Credit or Child Tax Credit could earn bonus payments on their savings. Money insights: Including budgeting tips and tools, videos and webinars.
To find out more, visit: barrattdevelopments.salaryfinance.com
Financial wellbeing with Close Brothers After the success of our retirement seminars with Close Brothers last year, we are working with them to provide financial education webinars for all employees. These webinars are aimed at three different stages of your career and include information on the following: New joiners/early career: 1-hour webinar for employees who are under 30 years of age and looking to set up good financial planning habits from the start of their career. The session will cover the importance of planning, how to manage debt including student loan repayment and using company benefits to make savings, plus much more. These will run on the Thursday 18 November 14:00 and Thursday 2 December 10:00. Mid-career: 1.5 hour webinar aimed at all colleagues, particularly those who are mid-career. The session will provide insight on the 7 steps to financial wellbeing including references throughout to using company benefits, managing debt and details on wills and estate planning. These will run on the Tuesday 16 November 16:00 and Wednesday 1 December 10:00. Countdown to retirement: 2-hour webinar for employees who are within their last 10 years before retirement. The session will cover lifetime savings choices, how much is needed in retirement and your different choices around pensions and investment choices, plus much more. These will run on the Wednesday 24 November 10:00 and Tuesday 7 December 14:00. If you would like to book on to any of the webinars please click here . The link above will take you to the Money Talks Close Brothers site where you can register to access lots of useful tips and interactive tools that assist you with your financial wellbeing. For those closer to retirement we will continue to provide retirement planning webinars. Retirement planning webinar: Wednesday 20 October, 10.00am - 12.00pm Aimed at those employees who are considering retirement options with in the next 12/18 months, this 2-hour live webinar hosted by our partner Close Brothers, focuses on financial and pension matters. Click here to register.
For information, tools and links on many areas of health and wellbeing please click here to visit our My Barratt Benefits website