Public Sector Toolkits

The Vulnerability Toolkit and the Economic Abuse Toolkit have been designed to help public sector creditors identify and support their vulnerable customers experiencing a range of difficulties. They may also be useful to other organisations and businesses.

These have been collaboratively developed by the government’s Debt Fairness Group, a partnership between central and local government, the debt advice sector, and the debt collection industry. The The Government Debt Management Functional Centre established established the Fairness Group in 2016, to recommend evidence based improvements to government’s debt management practices.

The Debt Management Vulnerability Toolkit is designed to help public sector creditors support their vulnerable customers. It provides front line staff with best-practice tools to identify and assist people facing physical and mental challenges, so recovery can focus on those who are deliberately trying to avoid repaying their debts.

The Economic Abuse Toolkit aims to helphelp creditors who public sector bodies who are recovering debt to understand, identify and support people who may have experienced or may be experiencing economic abuse. The interactive version of the toolkit must only be used by those trained in handling economic abuse calls in the public sector, organisations, and businesses to identify cases of economic abuse. Noticing the signs and acting on them can have a huge impact on someone’s safety and economic stability.