1. YMB meeting 22/11/13 Anni Broadhead Support Network CEO

2. We are your charity Advice & financial support charity for the IMechE Only help IMechE members and ‘dependants’ Relief & prevention poverty, includes ‘wellbeing’ We listen to problems We give advice We help people get jobs We give/lend people money We put people on the right track PRIORITISE MEMBERS OF WORKING AGE

3. We are your charity Advice & financial support charity for the IMechE Only help IMechE members and ‘dependants’ Relief & prevention poverty, includes ‘wellbeing’ We listen to problems We give advice We help people get jobs We give/lend people money We put people on the right track PRIORITISE MEMBERS OF WORKING AGE

4. STUDY EMPLOYMENT END OF WORKING LIFE LIVING IN OLDER LIFE LIVING IN VERY OLD LIFE CARING FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN OLDER & VERY OLD LIFE IMECHE MEMBER PARTNER DEPENDANT + (FORMER 5 year paying duration) OWN & FAMILY ILLNESS and/or DISABILITY FAMILY TRANSITION and /or TROUBLES LIFE SITUATION(S)LIFE STAGEELIGIBILITY

5. IMECHE MEMBER + PARTNER DEPENDANTS LIFE SITUATION(S)LIFE STAGEELIGIBILITY EMPLOYMENT STUDY

6. IMECHE MEMBER PARTNER DEPENDANT LIFE SITUATION(S)LIFE STAGEELIGIBILITY FAMILY TRANSITION and /or TROUBLES EMPLOYMENT STUDY

7. IMECHE MEMBER PARTNER DEPENDANT LIFE SITUATION(S)LIFE STAGEELIGIBILITY FAMILY TRANSITION and /or TROUBLES OWN & FAMILY ILLNESS and/or DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT STUDY

8. IMECHE MEMBER PARTNER DEPENDANT LIFE SITUATION(S)LIFE STAGEELIGIBILITY CARING FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN OLDER & VERY OLD LIFE FAMILY TRANSITION and /or TROUBLES OWN & FAMILY ILLNESS and/or DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT STUDY

9. IMECHE MEMBER PARTNER DEPENDANT LIFE SITUATION(S)LIFE STAGEELIGIBILITY CARING FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN OLDER & VERY OLD LIFE FAMILY TRANSITION and /or TROUBLES OWN & FAMILY ILLNESS and/or DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT STUDY

11. Current services EMPLOYMENT coaching /CV clinics / back to work ADVICE re general, legal, debt, budgeting issues NEW PARENT SUPPORT, Pre-school / New dads SPECIALIST HELP: autism, dyslexia, dementia, care PRACTICAL Breathing space grants: e.g. 3-12 months Secured loans: interest free for homeowners Undergraduate grants: c.£1050 per academic year Apprenticeship grants: c.£500-£1050 per annum FINANCIAL Befriending: to combat isolation and loneliness Counselling: telephone based; grants for 1:1 Depression: (including post-natal depression) EMOTIONAL VOLUNTEERING : Befriender, Visitor, Trustee, engineer to engineer, focus groups...

12. Where are we? Flyer PE advert (inc. online) At back of Engineers’ Data Book Stand alone website: www.supportnetwork.org.uk www.supportnetwork.org.uk Increasingly within: www.imeche.org/about- us/support-network www.imeche.org/about- us/support-network info@supportnetwork.org.uk SERVICE LEAFLET in production

13. Any questions? Any suggestions?