Summary
Restricting access to money, bank accounts and the right to earn an income are a few of the many and varied forms of financial abuse, often accompanied by other types of domestic violence.
Sadly it’s estimated that one in six people in the UK are dealing with this deeply distressing method of coercive control.
In this episode Felicity Hannah hears from some of those affected and about the organisations ready to help including:
Dr Nicola Sharp-Jeffs, founder and CEO, of the charity Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) Cris McCurley Partner & Solicitor at Ben Hoare Bell.
Producer Smita Patel Editor Emma Rippon
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers. |
| 0:08.0 | But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA |
| 0:12.0 | was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife. |
| 0:18.0 | Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family? When lies are still being told to this day, |
| 0:24.0 | who do you believe? I wouldn't even know where to start and I'm with the IRA. |
| 0:28.5 | Steakknife. Listen first on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:37.6 | Hello, welcome to this Moneybox Live podcast. Each year, around a million older people and many |
| 0:43.2 | vulnerable adults suffer financial abuse by relatives, carers, friends, even neighbours who are |
| 0:48.4 | close to them. They may seem very kind and caring, but then they use that trust for their |
| 0:53.4 | own ends. |
| 0:54.7 | And financial abuse occurs when money or property is stolen or misused by a once-trusted person. |
| 1:01.4 | What starts out as help with shopping or paying bills can lead to financial control, changing a will, even marriage. |
| 1:08.5 | How do other relatives spot financial abuse early? And how can they |
| 1:12.5 | stop it? Well, as usual, we have some expert panelists to answer your questions and offer |
| 1:16.8 | advice. But before we meet them, let's speak to our first caller. Julian, you're calling about your |
| 1:21.8 | parents. What happened? Okay, well, this is some of years ago. My parents, sadly, are both now |
| 1:27.4 | deceased. But my parents |
| 1:29.7 | had a carer who was provided by an agency, which was fine. I suppose there should have been |
| 1:35.9 | some warning bells ringing in my head when the carer then left the agency and went around |
| 1:43.6 | sort of privately approaching clients and suggesting |
| 1:46.6 | that she could do the job instead on a private basis. Now, I do blame myself to some large |
| 1:54.1 | extent for sort of not picking up on this early because I did have a power of attorney and I did |
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