Young People

Young People Listen To Financial Education Workshop

What We Can Offer

We have a wide range of Financial Education Money Workshops ready-made for groups of young people across the UK at primary age (Key Stage 2), secondary age (Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5) and university age, as well as specific sessions suitable for those with Special Educational Needs (SEN). All of our sessions are available in both educational settings and with charities and community groups working with young people.

Our range of Workshops, which you can look through in our Workshops Guide, are proven as effective and impactful, with more than 95% of Young People surveyed saying that they felt they could manage their money well following one of our Workshops and 73% saying they will talk to those around them about money more often.

 

What Do The Workshops Involve?

Our Workshops help make money not just an important subject, but also a fun one! They cover multiple different topics, including saving, tax, reading a payslip, budgeting, credit & debt, student finance, and scams & fraud. Each Workshop includes a range of interactive activities and resources, the chance to debate and discuss, plus relevant takeaways. Take a look at our Workshops Guide to find out more.

  • Our Workshops are for 7-19 year-olds in groups of 10-40 young people, with a range of sessions available for each age group.
  • Workshops are delivered either face-to-face or virtually (by Zoom) by our expert Consultants who are all trained to deliver in schools, colleges and other settings.
  • All our Workshops are tailored to the Curriculum and include a range of activities and resources which are interactive and engaging, designed to fit life stage rather than ability.
  • Workshops can be tailored to 45 minutes or a whole day, but are designed as a standard 60 minutes. You can mix and match topics to create longer Workshops to suit your timetable. To book a more bespoke Workshop, just let us know what you’re looking for.
  • You can book multiple Workshops or just one. It is up to you!

Take a look at our Workshops Guide to see all our options.

 

Why Book With Us?

Since 2010, we’ve delivered our Workshops to over 325,000 young people! Our sessions are:

  • Fun, interactive and engaging: full of activities, resources, debate and stories to keep young people listening and learning
  • Realistic and empowering: we use real-world examples and situations to get young people thinking about the kind of spending decisions they might make in the future
  • Impartial: we do not promote any products or brands
  • Easy to book: just fill out a Booking Request Form and we’ll be in touch!
  • Tailored: there are a range of Workshops for you to choose from to decide what’s best for your young people
  • Proven to work: our evaluation has proven that just one hour of our Workshops improves a young person’s knowledge and confidence in managing their money

How Do I Make a Booking Request?

Simply download our Booking Request Form, fill it out and send it to [email protected]. Please ensure you have read and understood our Terms & Conditions before you return your form, as signing it will constitute your full acceptance of these. Once we receive your form, we will be in touch to advise further on our availability; please note that your booking will only be officially confirmed once we have stated this in writing. In normal circumstances, we would ask for three weeks’ notice to arrange a Workshop. However, if you want something sooner, please do ask and we will try our best to help. Or if you would like to talk to us first or have any questions, email us at [email protected].

What Do Workshops Cost?

Thanks to funding, we are able to offer our Workshops to state-funded schools and colleges as well as most community organisations at no cost, with an optional donation. For universities, independent schools or colleges, the cost is £350 + VAT per Workshop hour, with a discount for bulk bookings.

As well as our Workshops, we have some great free resources to help your Financial Education provision. Our Student Money Manual is the essential guide to all things student finance and managing your money well at university. Perfect for those looking towards or considering going to uni as well as those who have recently started, it can be downloaded for free here. While our Teacher Resource Packs are 13 free downloadable lessons for Key Stage and Key Stage 4, enabling you or your school to deliver engaging and interactive Financial Education ‘in-house’. To download one, some or all of the Packs for free, just head here.

We believe that our work with Young People has never been more vital. With growing awareness of the foundational importance of Financial Education, the spotlight is on the subject more than ever before. This is our chance to reach Young People with the skills, training and confidence they need to ensure they are set for life. Despite Financial Education being established on the secondary Curriculum since 2014, many teachers in schools still tell us they feel under-resourced and lacking in confidence when teaching Young People about how to manage their finances in a rapidly changing world. That’s where we come in, with our engaging, interactive and fun Financial Education Money Workshops reaching over 325,000 young people since 2010!

To find out more about any of the above, including if you’d like to support them in any way, please contact our Head of Young People Programmes Steph.