Becca Stacey
Senior Research Officer
Becca is a Senior Research Officer at the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute. She’s passionate about producing research that generates change so everyone has an equal chance of financial security, regardless of their mental health, and ensuring people experiencing a mental health problem are at the heart of, and drive, this work. She has previously worked at the anti-poverty charity Z2K where she undertook research and policy work on how Universal Credit and disability benefits can better support people in vulnerable situations, the Obesity Health Alliance, and Citizens Advice Westminster. She enjoys spending time with friends and learning Spanish in her spare time. (She/Her) @Becca__Stacey
Policy notes and publications
- Always on your mind March 20, 2024 - Preventing persistent money and mental health problems.
- Through the lens: Ethnicity, money and mental health April 19, 2023 - Exploring how our ethnicity can interact with our money and mental health.
- Through the lens: Age, money and mental health December 15, 2022 - Exploring how our age can interact with our money and mental health.
- Through the lens: Gender, money and mental health September 21, 2022 - Exploring how our gender can interact with our money and mental health.
- Money and Mental Health’s submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s inquiry into Disability Employment March 27, 2024 - Money and Mental Health outlines the steps employers and the DWP should take to address the mental health employment gap.
- Money and Mental Health’s submission to the Public Accounts Committee’s inquiry into Progress in implementing Universal Credit February 28, 2024 - Money and Mental Health outlines the steps the DWP should take to better support people with mental health problems through the managed migration process.
- Money and Mental Health’s submission to the Scottish Government’s consultation on a Mental Health Moratorium January 16, 2024 - Money and Mental Health's response to the Scottish Government's proposals on introducing a Mental Health Moratorium debt respite scheme.
- Money and Mental Health’s submission to the Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry into Statutory Sick Pay December 7, 2023 - Money and Mental Health outlines how Statutory Sick Pay should be reformed, to provide people with mental health problems with a more supportive and flexible financial safety net to fall back on when unwell and off work.
Recent blogs
- The government’s proposed benefits reforms are a worrying step backwards April 23, 2024
- How to disrupt the long-term cycle of money and mental health problems March 20, 2024
- Why the DWP’s proposed changes to the Work Capability Assessment risk harming people with mental health problems November 20, 2023
- Delivering an effective mental health moratorium in Scotland September 19, 2023
- Through the lens: unpacking the diversity of experience among people with mental health problems April 21, 2023