An annual plan implemented to prevent financial harm by a process of awareness raising by means of press and TV contacts, distribution of leaflets, schedules monthly broadcasts on local radio, press releases and a Twitter account.

It has led to the formation in Angus of a multi disciplinary Financial Abuse Support Team (FAST) involving police, adult protection social work and health practitioners, & trading standards officers all within existing resources.

AFHSC is innovative in that: It involves many external partners and drives actions for those partners; It increases the options for disposal of cases involving vulnerable adults; It uses technological solutions to protect victims and potential victims; It utilises the enforcement partners to visit victims and potential victims targeted by criminal gangs. The value of one operation (Operation Carpus ) was estimated to be £1 million in savings to vulnerable adults; It empowers key workers in daily contact with vulnerable adults to recognise signs of financial harm; It manages a constant stream of TV, radio, press and social media output to raise awareness of financial harm to the public and raise the profile of financial harm amongst the media; It has utilised existing resources to better effect to reduce harm to more vulnerable people.