Latest Articles By Simon Collyer

BBC APPEARANCE - Simon Collyer is talking about Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 and his SAILING WELLNESS project with BBC Presenter Tom Williams on BBC Look East TV, 18:30 BBC1 We are filming lunch time at the Blackwater Sailing Club mari...

JAPAN - Simon Collyer was invited as a guest to write about Wakura Onsen and Nowaza Onsen in September 2019.  This Flying Squid, a symbol the fishing town of Noto, on the Noto Peninsula made it onto the BBC website this week.   This is...

MENTAL HEALTH - Simon Collyer, founder & CEO of the Association of Pension & Benefits CIC and founder of SAILING WELLNESS has teamed up with four times para-Olympic sailor Hannah Stodel, to sail RC (radio-controlled) model yachts in a Co...

RENT ARREARS - A survey of Housing Associations by the National Housing Federation found- '60% of households claiming Universal Credit are in arrears, compared to 36% of households paying by other means.' 'Households claiming Universal credit are als...

DEBT ADVICE - The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space) does not come into force until 4 May 2021. What is Breathing Space? Breathing Space is a new scheme that gives people temporary protection from most types of debt collection while they...

JOBS - The UK has a 6.2 million ‘Covid employment gap’ of lower employment and furloughed employees who need to get back to work, highlighting the scale of the economic task ahead of us, the Resolution Foundation has said today in response to th...

RADIO - Simon Collyer, ABC Founder, appeared today on Forces' Radio BFBS Colchester With Presenter and Producer Liz Mullen. This was in preparation for Mental Health Awareness Week 2021. Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, Mental H...

UNEMPLOYMENT - This information from the ONS shows the relationsship between the numbers out of work and advertised jobs available.  There are currently (officially) 2.8 people chasing every vacancy.  The most recent unemployment rate...

SAILING WELLNESS - Simon has been appearing on radio talking to the lovely Nita Jhummu about Sailing Wellness.  Sailing Wellness is a ‘Blue Health’ Project designed to help those suffering from PTSD, stress anxiety and other forms of mental...

HOLIDAY PAYMENT DATES - Benefit payment dates for the first May bank holiday If you claim tax credits or child benefit, and your payment is due on Monday, May 3, you can expect to be paid the Friday before, so April 30. Tax credits are typically paid...