The StopLoanSharks Northern Ireland campaign is designed to create awareness of the issue of illegal money lending and educate and inform consumers around effective budgeting, debt management, and viable ethical alternatives to illegal lending.

We are asking partner organisations to assist us in building awareness of the problem and building capacity in the community to help ensure that individuals do not reach the point of last resort that is illegal money lending.

In this spirit, we have developed the "StopLoanSharks Charter" - a pledge that we are asking organisations supportive of our objectives to sign up to in order to signify their support of this initiative.

If your organisation would like to sign up the Charter, please contact us and we will be happy to arrange a visit to enable you to do so.

For Partner Agencies

The StopLoanSharks Northern Ireland campaign relies heavily on the support of our partners and we are working in close collaboration with a range of key stakeholders who have influence or expertise in the area of illegal money lending:

Police Service of Northern Ireland
Advisory Bodies (such as AdviceNI)
Charitable Groups (such as Christians Against Poverty)
Housing Associations (such as Housing Executive)
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Financial Services Representatives

We also partner with organisations who can assist us in reaching individuals and groups to whom we can deliver training and education:

Community Groups
Voluntary / Charitable / Church Groups
Primary Schools
Secondary Schools
Youth Organisations

If you would like to partner with the StopLoanSharks Northern Ireland campaign, please don't hesitate to get in touch via our Contact Us page.

REPORTING A LOAN SHARK ANONYMOUSLY

Illegal money lending is an offence, enforceable by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

If you have experienced difficulties with illegal money-lending or you have been the victim of violence or feel threatened or intimidated as a result of unpaid debts with an illegal money lender, please see our Help & Advice page for guidance on how your difficulty can be best reported.

WHO WE ARE

StopLoanSharks Northern Ireland is a public awareness campaign designed to educate and protect consumers from the problem of illegal money lending. The campaign is delivered by the Illegal Money Lending and Financial Services Team.

The team has been established to address issues associated with illegal lending through conducting research, providing education and outreach to consumers, and lobbying for the establishment of accessible and ethical lending alternatives.

IS YOUR LENDER LEGAL?

If someone is lending you money they must be registered with the Financial Conduct Authority.

You can search the Financial Conduct Authority database for all legal money lenders in the UK.

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REPORTING A LOAN SHARK ANONYMOUSLY

WHO WE ARE

IS YOUR LENDER LEGAL?