Clean Slate is expanding climate justice work already underway in London, bringing money guidance into climate resilience support in B&NES and Bristol and developing a new Quids in! resource for UK audiences.
Clean Slate’s Rainy Day Money programme has expanded beyond London through the Centre for Sustainable Energy’s WHAM partnership in Bristol and Bath & North East Somerset. At the same time, following the launch of the Quids in! Rainy Day Money guide for London, Clean Slate is developing a version for a UK-wide audience.
Rainy Day Money is a three-year London programme, funded through ClimateKind by The National Lottery Community Fund and led by Thrive LDN. It applies Clean Slate’s money-first approach to climate resilience: helping people on low incomes improve their financial position first, while building confidence to prepare for climate-related pressures and take positive climate action.
You can read more about the programme here.
Extending Rainy Day Money through WHAM
Rainy Day Money builds climate resilience into that approach, and the programme can now be used to support people referred through WHAM – Warmer Homes, Advice & Money, led by the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE).
WHAM brings organisations together to support people struggling with energy costs, cold homes and financial hardship across Bristol, B&NES and North Somerset.
From June 2026, people referred by WHAM partners in B&NES and Bristol can take part in Clean Slate’s five-to-six-week Money First Climate Action programme. Quids in! money coaches use the Rainy Day Money quiz alongside one-to-one support to help people strengthen their finances while exploring practical ways to prepare for climate-related pressures and take positive climate action.
Support can include benefits and grants checks, income and expenditure reviews, utility schemes, referrals for additional help and support to start saving.
People can be referred to the programme here: cleanslateltd.co.uk/wham.html.
A practical guide to money and climate resilience
Clean Slate has produced a new 16-page Quids in! guide for Londoners and is now developing a version for national audiences.
The national edition will build on the same money-first approach, while moving away from London-specific information, and ensuring that the advice is relevant wherever people live. It will retain the practical focus on helping people prepare financially for climate-related pressures and understand the actions they can take at home and in their communities.
The current guide covers everything from budgeting and energy costs to extreme weather, healthy homes, wellbeing and community action, with an emphasis on realistic steps that can save money and build resilience.
Throughout, the emphasis is on realistic, affordable steps that can help people feel more prepared and in control, rather than presenting climate action as another financial burden.
If you would like to order copies of the guide, or get involved with our Rainy Day programme, please fill out this form or contact lisa.woodman@cleanslateltd.co.uk.