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Breathing space: an introduction

Learn how the breathing space moratorium scheme works and which debts are covered.

Course summary

This course covers how the breathing space moratorium scheme works, the eligibility criteria and which debts are covered.

You’ll learn about how the breathing space limits what action can be taken by creditors, and for how long.

Course information

Level: Introductory (Level 3)

Live webinar

  • Available for: Groups
  • Duration: Ninety minutes
  • CPD points: 1.5

Group bookings

You can book this course for groups.

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What this course covers

Face to face and webinar training includes:

  • how the scheme works

  • eligibility criteria for the standard scheme and the mental health scheme

  • which debts are covered and how this affects the enforcement of those debts

  • how creditors have to behave in relation to breathing space debts

  • the effect of breathing space on benefit and government debts

At the end of this training, you'll be able to understand how debts covered by breathing space are enforced by creditors.

Who this training is for

You don't need any prior knowledge of the breathing space moratorium scheme for this course.

You might be an adviser who doesn't specialise in debt, but who needs to know how the breathing space scheme works for your role.

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