Money Skills for Life, a new project designed to help people change their life choices and their relationship with money to ensure a debt free future for themselves and their families, is being launched in the Camborne, Pool, Illogan and Redruth (CPIR) Community Network Area.

This ambitious scheme was developed at a CPIR Network Panel meeting, a public meeting which local residents are encouraged to attend to meet with their Cornwall councillors as well as representatives from the town and parish councils to discuss local issues or concerns, and will be delivered in partnership with Citizens Advice Cornwall, Cornwall Council, Redruth Town Council, Camborne Town Council and Coastline Housing.

The first step of the project involves the recruitment of six trainee life coaches from within the CPIR community who will be trained and supported to provide guidance and support to a group of 36 local residents.

Training will be provided for the trainee life coaches by Truro and Penwith College and the trainees will all gain a level three qualification in life coaching. A professional life coach will also be on hand to act as a mentor supervisor, to provide peer support and complement the college training.

Anyone who lives in the CPIR area and who would be interested in being part of this project should register their interest as soon as possible by contacting ms4l@citizensadvicecornwall.org.uk.

Cornwall councillor Ian Thomas, chair of CPIR network panel, said: “We are delighted to be working on such an innovative project in our community network area and we hope many local people get involved and benefit as we really want to address the issue of household indebtedness.”

Neil Colquhoun, CEO of Citizens Advice Cornwall, added: “We are very pleased to be a part of this project that has real potential to help lots of people develop a better relationship with money. We are looking for six really special people who can help us support their community as part of the Citizens Advice Cornwall family.”

This is a pilot project which if successful could be reproduced to enable even more people to benefit and to help the local economy and socio-economics of the CPIR area in Cornwall.