Christmas lunch for less than 3 quid!
David Fagan, Knowledge Director at the National Skills Academy Financial Services – a Money for Life delivery partner – shares ideas for the Money for Life Challenge in the lead up to Christmas.
There are only 30 shopping days to Christmas, but what stress and anxiety it causes people! Buying the presents and decorating the house is…
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High demand for new fully-funded money management courses
Nearly 700 FE practitioners and community groups apply for new ‘Teach Me’ and ‘Teach Others’ financial capability qualifications.Money for Life aims to embed skills in half of FE colleges within months.
New money management qualifications from Money for Life have met with an enthusiastic response from FE practitioners and community organisations alike, with half of…
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Mobiles and Us!
Tanya Spence, money management expert at Toynbee Hall - and Money for Life delivery partner - shares her ideas for the Money for Life Challenge
As I was making my way into work the other day I saw a woman so engrossed in her mobile phone that she nearly…
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New “bank managers” scheme to coach nation’s youth in money skills for life
Tower Hamlets amongst the first areas to benefit from Money for Life workshop
Young people from Tower Hamlets and surrounding boroughs gathered at charity organistation Toynbee Hall last week, to take part in a workshop designed to…
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Learners team up to improve money management skills of communities across the UK
Applications are now open for the Money for Life Challenge: a new national competition to find the most successful and innovative money management projects that learners can deliver to improve their money management skills, and those of their friends, families and communities.
Money for Life Challenge projects could be anything from getting fellow learners clued-up about choosing the right mobile phone contract, or empowering local young…
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CollegesWales and NTFW keep learners financially fit
Financial education for further education learners and work-based trainees has been given a boost with the development of interactive sessions, focused tutorials, quizzes and games.
At the ‘Keeping Learners Financially Fit’ speed- dating conference on 14 June at Cardiff City Football Stadium, almost 100 educators and students showcased new…
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