Resources on identifying vulnerability.

Economic abuse can be hard to spot, especially when the signs show up as unusual account activity, restricted access to money or behaviour that looks easy to explain away. This guide helps teams recognise economic abuse as a form of coercive control and respond in a way that is careful, practical and supportive. It is designed to help customer-facing staff notice warning signs, raise concerns sensitively and understand what support may be available. The guide covers common types of economic abuse, possible indicators, how to respond to customers and where to signpost for specialist help.

When staff are dealing with sensitive or difficult customer conversations, they need guidance they can use there and then. This essential bundle brings together 15 practical quick guides to help teams respond with more confidence, more consistency and a better understanding of what support may be needed. The bundle covers a wide range of real customer situations, including vulnerability, bereavement, suicidal thoughts, anger, understanding, neurodiversity, older customers, first time customers and respectful communication. It's been designed to give frontline teams simple, useful guidance they can apply straight away, while also helping organisations strengthen training and day-to-day customer support.

If you want to understand how customers really experience your service, a focus group can give you insight you will not get from reports alone. This vulnerability focus group guide helps organisations plan, run and follow up vulnerable customer focus groups in a way that is thoughtful, useful and more likely to lead to real change.

If you want to improve support for vulnerable customers, it helps to know where your team is starting from. This employee skills questionnaire gives organisations a practical way to assess current knowledge, confidence and capability when it comes to identifying vulnerability and responding well. Use it today to spot strengths, highlight gaps and show where extra training, guidance or resources may be needed.

This vulnerable customer policy gives organisations a practical starting point for putting the right principles and support in place so teams can respond more consistently, and customers can access help more easily. Provided in Word format, it is ready to download, tailor to your organisation and adapt to your internal approach.

Bereavement and end of life contact can be one of the hardest moments in a customer journey. This customer end of life policy gives organisations a practical template for supporting bereaved customers, people arranging affairs before death and families or representatives contacting you during an already difficult time. The document is provided in Word format so it can be tailored to your organisation, internal procedures and related policies.

Small changes can make a real difference to vulnerable customers, especially when teams need ideas they can start using straight away. This guide brings together 24 practical vulnerability quick wins that organisations can implement with little or no cost to improve accessibility, inclusive service and everyday customer support.

Recognising vulnerability is easier when teams understand what may be driving it. This guide breaks down the four FCA drivers of vulnerability; health, life events, resilience and capability, and helps teams move beyond assumptions and respond in a more informed, human and useful way.

Awareness days can be a useful way to build understanding across your organisation, as long as they are chosen with purpose. This 2026 guide gives practical ideas for how to use awareness days well, from raising discussion in meetings and training to promoting support services, building partnerships and increasing visibility around important issues.

A practical signposting resource to help teams support vulnerable customers with relevant helplines, charities, urgent contacts and local support options.

Watch to gain valuable knowledge on how your organisation can develop strategies to support customers and employees with empathy and professionalism.

An insightful live panel discussion exploring how organisations can collect and use meaningful vulnerability data, while balancing regulatory requirements with ethical, transparent customer support.