Our impact
This page will give you more information about the different areas you could support. Click on each section to learn about that team and their focus.
You'll also find a selection of customer stories further down the page. Here you can read some real-life experiences of the work we do.
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Customer stories
Read about how we've helped people get back on track and see the life-changing impact your work could have.Geoff* took advice to transfer his pension into a self-invested personal pension (SIPP) but was shocked to find out the SIPP firm had gon...
I got £85k back for unsuitable investment advice
Janet* took advice to transfer her pension into a self-invested personal pension (SIPP) but when the SIPP operator failed, she turned to...
I got £17k back after my pension operator went into liquidation
James* lost money when a wealth management firm matured his investment too early. Here’s how he claimed with FSCS and got his money back.
I lost money when my investment was matured too early
After transferring her existing pension into a self-invested personal pension (SIPP), Nicole*’s investments started performing poorly and...
My financial provider disappeared, putting over £40k at risk
Leon* took financial advice to make some new investments, but the advice firm he used went out of business and his investments were worth...
My investments lost all their value
Graeme, better known by his nickname Buzz, transferred his pension so he could retire early but ended up nearly losing £60k from his...
Bad advice put £60k of my pension at risk
Helen* took advice to combine her retirement savings into a self-invested personal pension (SIPP) but she lost money due to some high-ris...
Compensation from FSCS meant I could retire at 60 as planned
Aged 65, Robert* discovered he had just 11p left in his self-invested personal pension (SIPP). This is the story of how claiming...
We would have had to sell our house if we hadn’t got compensation
Read about how Anil* was mis-sold a self-invested personal pension (SIPP), which led him to claim compensation with FSCS.
I got £20k back after I was mis-sold a SIPP
More ways to make a difference
As an FSCS employee, you can take up to two paid volunteering days a year. This could be for a company-organised activity or for a cause close to your heart.
Previous examples of our volunteering initiatives include tree planting and career coaching for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.