Personal Finance Research Centre (PFRC)

  • BS8 1SS

    United Kingdom

Organization profile

Organisation profile

The Personal Finance Research Centre is an independent research centre that specialises in social research across all areas of personal finance, mainly from the consumer's perspective. Much of our work focuses on the following areas:

  • Financial confidence, capability and wellbeing.
  • Money management and decision making.
  • Financial exclusion and inclusion.
  • Credit use and over-indebtedness.
  • Saving and retirement planning.

Our interdisciplinary team combines extensive empirical research skills with a detailed understanding of a range of social policy issues. Our work is influential in shaping public policy, and we provide technical and policy advice to government departments and others.

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    Profiles

    No photo of Sara V Davies

    Ms Sara V Davies

    Person: Academic , Member

    20092020
    Photo of David A Hayes

    Mr David A Hayes

    Person: Academic , Member, Honorary and Visiting Academic

    20082017

    Research Output

    A blueprint for Bank Card Gambling Blockers

    Evans, J. C. N., Collard, S. B. & Fitch, C. D., Jul 2020, University of Bristol. 76 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

    Open Access

    • From headline statistics to lived experiences: a new approach to measuring the poverty premium

    Finney, A. D. & Davies, S. V., 3 Mar 2020, In : Social Research Practice. 9

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)

    Open Access

    Geographies of Access to Cash - Identifying Vulnerable Communities in a Case Study of South Wales

    Evans, J. C. N., Tischer, D. & Davies, S. V., Jan 2020, 48 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Other report

    Projects

    Financial dimensions of well-being in older age.

    Collard, S. B.

    31/12/12 → 31/03/14

    Project: Research

    Activities

    • 1 Media coverage or participation
    • 1 Schools engagement

    Barclays 56 Sage Street

    Andrea D Finney (Speaker)

    12 Jul 2011

    Activity: Talk or presentation types › Schools engagement

    Staring debt in the face

    Andrea D Finney (Interviewee)

    28 Jun 2009

    Activity: Other activity types › Media coverage or participation