More great ideas from students!
I’ve now visited 6 colleges around the country and met over 120 students to talk to them about the Money for Life Challenge.
I’ve heard several excellent pitches with some innovative project ideas. These included running a stall in the student and reception areas of a college…
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A loan for life…
‘Christmas is cancelled kids’. Can you imagine having to say this to your children?
For many, this is the reality, unless they decide to take out a payday loan. Arguably, high interest loan companies help people out, in…
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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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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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More than four in ten further education students don’t know store cards are a form of debt
To understand the increased financial pressures on students of all ages, the National Skills Academy for Financial Services (Skills Academy) and Lloyds held a Money for Life conference earlier this week for the further education, adult and community learning sector, followed by a Parliamentary reception hosted by Justin Tomlinson MP, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Financial Education for Young People.
The events highlighted the importance of money management, as research conducted by the Skills Academy as part of the Money for Life Programme revealed…
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Lloyds Banking Group launches Financial Capability qualifications to the Further Education and community sector
Further Education (FE) practitioners and those in non-teaching positions within FE, outreach centres and key agencies in the community today have welcomed the launch of two accredited qualifications in Financial Capability from Lloyd’s Banking Group’s Money for Life programme.
Money for Life is a £4 million financial capability and personal money skills programme, targeted at the Further Education, Adult and Community Learning sector….
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More great ideas from students!
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