024:The Cii and the EATT - with Melissa Collett and Stephen Ross

<p align="justify">On today's episode, we’re talking about EATT – the Education and Training Trust that Chartered Insurance Institute have recently launched alongside The Insurance Charities. We’re chatting to previous podcast guest, Melissa Collett and Independent Trustee, Stephen Ross about how the new program can benefit insurance industry professionals.</p> <p align="justify"> </p> <p align="justify">LEARNING OBJECTIVES:</p> <ul><li> <p align="justify">EATT has been set up to assist in advancing education and training of people have who work within the sector of insurance and allied occupations such as financial planning. </p> </li> <li> <p align="justify">Teaming up with The Insurance Charities means that CII can help those that are struggling with financial hardship due to the impact of the pandemic within the industry.</p> </li> <li> <p align="justify">The need for training and development has never been greater than this current time.</p> </li> <li> <p align="justify">The importance of a grant making charity is to look after the assets and use them to benefit society and the beneficiaries. </p> </li> </ul> <p align="justify"> </p> <p align="justify">BEST MOMENTS:</p> <p align="justify">‘’…In response to COVID, the charity [EATT] decided they wanted to help those people within the profession who's suffering from financial hardship, in order for them to be able to pursue their studies, training and gain qualifications during this time. Particularly, we wanted to help those who may be redundant or on furlough and those who may be suffering business collapse, or who have a particular concern about their finances at this time due to the circumstances surrounding the pandemic.’’</p> <p>‘’We thought they would be the ideal partners for this project [The Insurance Charities] because not only would they be able to administer the grant that's been made for professionals suffering hardship because of COVID, but those people who need further assistance beyond the need for professional development and tr