Why Choose Us?

Well, because we’ve got a good record is a start. We like to think we know what we are doing. Most of the work, project, programme or whatever you want to call it has come from input from service users, and that’s something we will continue to stick with.

From my own perspective I can relate to many of the people I meet with Clean Slate through my own experiences. It’s often a different version of a similar story, if that makes sense. I’m proud to say some of my best friends are service users (ex and current), bankrupts and others excluded by their vulnerability.
 

Life Changing

There are some other reasons to choose us too. Like being non-judgmental and fair and legal and all the things you would expect. One reason we like to tell people is that we persevere with you, no matter how much you test our patience. You will never be excluded.

Here’s another one for you. We measure our success on what you tell us, not against some government statistic. If we find a possible benefit we will help you to claim it, and if necessary we will challenge a decision if we think it’s wrong.

Some of the ‘cuts’ we hear about are going to be devastating and will cause much more hardship to those who are least capable of coping with them, At Clean Slate we will challenge those who make those decisions and put forward the reality of the situation, hopefully finding someone who will listen.

In the meantime we need to be ‘smarter’ and again that’s a strength of Clean Slate. Anything to do with money and finance we should be able to help you with and stick with you until you are sorted.

Our Board Members

Graham Brewis

Founder / Director

Graham’s career started with a sound financial background at Northern Rock before moving to work in sales admin with IBM. A plethora of jobs followed, the latter period blighted by [...]

Sandra English

Board Member

Sandra English is the founder and lead coach at Mirror Image Coaching. With over 12 years experience in the field of self-image psychology and motivational change, the company now [...]

Robin Beveridge

Board Member

Robin is a specialist in using economic development and regeneration to address poverty and promote inclusion. He has been working on this for over 20 years in the North [...]

Suzanne Jobson

Board Member

Suzanne has worked as a Financial Inclusion manager for the past 5 year within the Housing Association sector. During this time, she has been a vice chair of the [...]

Doug Cowx

Director

Doug previously worked as a debt specialist in the free advice sector, 7 years ago he moved into debt prevention through education, Shontal 1705 Community Interest Company Limited was established [...]

Mal Maclean

Board Member

Mal has worked in the field of social justice, homelessness and treatment for 34 years. Since 1999 he has worked on a freelance basis building capacity for service user and [...]

Mark Anderson

Board Member

Mark has worked in sales and marketing for over 20 years for a diverse range of employers that have included Nike UK, Trinity Mirror Plc, Room 501 (where he was [...]

Lindsay Watt

Board Member

Lindsay has had over 40 years experience working for DWP in employment and regeneration work and latterly financial inclusion. He has just finished a year working for Business in the [...]