The IMA is always striving to make training more accessible, including seeking sponsors to fund free or reduced cost training.

Currently the following free or reduced cost training opportunities are available:

• Free training for SFGB-funded advisers
• IMA-subsidised training places for non-MAS-funded IMA members
• Free training for Non-Practising and Trainee members

See below for full details.

For details of any free or subsidised in-house training click here.

Free training for SFGB-funded advisers: book now to avoid disappointment

We are pleased to offer free training, funded by the Money Advice Trust, for advisers working in SFGB (formerly Money Advice Service) Face-to-Face Debt Advice Projects.

• Who is eligible?

Advisers giving money advice in organisations in England and Wales funded by SFGB as part of the Face to Face Debt Advice Project.

Places are available for new bookings received from 12 March 2019 on a first come, first served basis.  Currently, we are accepting free bookings for the courses listed below for dates until the end of September 2019.

• How do I book the free training?

Just complete the booking form as normal and tick the box indicating ‘MAS / SFGB-funded free places’.

We will ask you for permission to share details about your booking with the funders, which is essential for us to obtain the funding.  If you don’t give us your permission, you will not be booked onto the free training course.

• Which courses can I book onto?

Currently, SFGB-funded advisers can book a free place on one of the following courses on dates until the end of September 2019:

• Bankruptcy: the tricky bits
• Challenging interest and charges
• Charging orders
• Coping with council tax
• Death, divorce and debt
• DRO law and theory
• FCA compliance and quality of advice
• High cost credit
• High court enforcement
• Money advice legal update
• Preparing cases for court
• Rent possession proceedings: defences and tactics
• Square peg debts
• Suicide and debt
• Supervising money advice
• Training for trainers
• Understanding and managing stress at work
• Unfair relationships under the CCA 1974
• Universal credit: the tricky bits
• Using the FCA handbook
• Vulnerability, mental health and debt

Book now to avoid disappointment: Book an IMA training course

Free training places are limited and only for MAS-funded advisers. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, with only one place per adviser allowed.

IMA-subsidised training places for non-MAS-funded IMA members: book now to avoid disappointment

We’re delighted to announce that the IMA Trustee Board has set aside an amount from the IMA’s financial reserves to subsidise the cost of training to IMA members. IMA members who book onto one of the eligible one-day courses will only be charged £60 instead of the usual £110 fee:

This funding support is only available to IMA members who are not eligible for a free training place as a MAS/SFGB-funded adviser.  It applies to new bookings made from 12 March 2019, for IMA training courses running on dates until the end of September 2019.

If you are a MAS/SFGB-funded adviser, please see the separate announcement above about free training available.

Subsidised places are extremely limited and only for non-MAS-funded IMA members. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, with only one place per adviser allowed.

Book now to avoid disappointment: Book an IMA training course

Free training for Non-Practising and Trainee members

If you are an IMA member in the Non-Practising or Trainee categories and there is a course that you want to attend, call the IMA office in the morning no more than two working days prior to the course date. If there is an unallocated place available, you can book it free of charge.

We are unable to guarantee that free places will be available on a particular course; if it is very important that you attend, we advise you to book a chargeable place using the normal booking process.

Past funding

In the past we’ve received also generous sponsorship from:

• Auriga
• Grant Thornton
• Money Advice Service
• Money Saving Expert Charity
• Nationwide
• Severn Trent Trust Fund

If your organisation can help subsidise training for advisers, please contact us.