The Guardian · California · Original story
Pat Conaty obituary
My friend Pat Conaty, who has died aged 75, served for many years at the Birmingham Settlement, a charity that helps people in poverty and indebtedness. There, as development director, he pioneered a series of groundbreaking initiatives, including what became National Debtline, offering free support to people with debt problems in the UK.
In his work for Birmingham Settlement from the mid-1980s, Pat was seeing more and more people coming forward with debt problems, many of whom were victims of what he called “predatory lending”.
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Alex Bird · Mon, Nov 9, 2026, 9:07 AM
California | The Guardian
My friend Pat Conaty, who has died aged 75, served for many years at the Birmingham Settlement, a charity that helps people in poverty and indebtedness. There, as development director, he pioneered a series of groundbreaking initiatives, including what became National Debtline, offering free support to people with debt problems in the UK.
In his work for Birmingham Settlement from the mid-1980s, Pat was seeing more and more people coming forward with debt problems, many of whom were victims of what he called “predatory lending”.
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