Martha Lawton

Martha Lawton is a qualified trainer with over fifteen years’ experience supporting vulnerable people with their finances at both frontline and strategic levels. She began her career as an adviser at LifeSearch, before moving into the charity sector. She has facilitated hundreds of financial capability workshops for people who are homeless, in recovery from addictions, seriously ill, in poverty or otherwise experiencing significant disadvantages, as well as staff at organisations supporting them. She describes this process as like “conducting months of focus groups on consumer vulnerability”. Martha has worked with organisations including Clarion Housing Group, Macmillan Cancer Support, Shelter and the Money Advice Trust (Wiseradviser). She is a certified financial coach and the creator and host of the podcast “Squanderlust” about the emotional side of money.