Our funding enabled CRiBS to upskill and train four members of its schools’ outreach team to deliver and facilitate the CAP Money Kids course to primary school pupils in Years 5 and 6 (ages 9 -11). Each course comprises of two 90 minute interactive sessions delivered over consecutive weeks to the same class. The course is designed to meet the requirements set out by the national curriculum in a fun, and engaging way. Topics include income, expenditure, budgeting, saving, spending, giving and debt all taught through interactive stories, games, problem solving activities and real-life scenarios.
Overall the team delivered the CAP Money Kids course to 54 classes across 19 local primary schools impacting directly 1188 children. The course sets the foundations of good money management to ensure children grow up to be financially capable adults. One teacher’s comments were,
“I was shocked by how little the children knew at the start of the workshop – it was great to see how quickly their understanding of key terms grew. The workshop really got the children interested and they quizzed me for 1⁄2 hour after the first session as they had so many questions –it was great that they wanted to know more and many wanted to talk to their parents more too. It is great it got the children talking about money, as that communication about money with their parents in particular, as they get older, is crucial. Thank you very much for helping our children be prepared more for what they will encounter in life.”
Our funding enabled CRiBS to upskill and train four members of its schools’ outreach team to deliver and facilitate the CAP Money Kids course to primary school pupils in Years 5 and 6 (ages 9 -11). Each course comprises of two 90 minute interactive sessions delivered over consecutive weeks to the same class. The course is designed to meet the requirements set out by the national curriculum in a fun, and engaging way. Topics include income, expenditure, budgeting, saving, spending, giving and debt all taught through interactive stories, games, problem solving activities and real-life scenarios.
Overall the team delivered the CAP Money Kids course to 54 classes across 19 local primary schools impacting directly 1188 children. The course sets the foundations of good money management to ensure children grow up to be financially capable adults. One teacher’s comments were,
“I was shocked by how little the children knew at the start of the workshop – it was great to see how quickly their understanding of key terms grew. The workshop really got the children interested and they quizzed me for 1⁄2 hour after the first session as they had so many questions –it was great that they wanted to know more and many wanted to talk to their parents more too. It is great it got the children talking about money, as that communication about money with their parents in particular, as they get older, is crucial. Thank you very much for helping our children be prepared more for what they will encounter in life.”
Our funding enabled Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) to develop and pilot financial capability training course content and resources for young people. The purpose was to increase young people’s knowledge and understanding of how to manage their personal finances, and the economic aspect of relationships, with a view to raising awareness and understanding of economic abuse so that young people, and young women in particular, can recognise the warning signs and seek support.
SEA delivered financial capability sessions to audiences of young people and financial capability educators of young people. The sessions were delivered to a range of audience types and used different methodologies. These included: three presentations to 150 student nurses (male and female, aged 18-25 years); a workshop with Tender's Youth Panel; a discussion session with school-age care leavers at MyBnk's The Money House; a workshop with St John’s Ambulance Cadets; and a lunch and learn session for 20 financial capability educators at MyBnk.
The new resources created and developed by the project complement SEA's existing suite of resources which are available on their website, which are Tools to Thrive for victim-survivors of economic abuse, and Tools to Support for professionals supporting victim-survivors, domestic abuse service workers, money and debt advisors, housing sector professionals, lawyers, financial services staff and youth practitioners.
Our funding enabled Your Own Place to deliver three Tenancy & Independent Living Skills (TILS) courses in King's Lynn, Thetford and Great Yarmouth to young people at risk of homelessness.
With two trainers as well as one peer trainer, each course lasted three days. They used experiential, innovative, engaging and dynamic youth work skills to develop skills and confidence. They trained 21 young people in budgeting, saving, tenancies, housing options, debt and APR, where to get help, financial confidence and furnishing their own home.
Thanks to this grant Your Own Place are now receiving more commissions in these localities, and are able to reach more vulnerable young people.
Our funding delivered pop-up Budgeting and Cookery courses to 31 parents within five primary schools in some of Plymouth's most disadvantaged areas.
Parents learnt practical skills on how to prepare and cook a healthy balanced diet for the whole family on a budget. They learnt how to use and value their money and limited resources more wisely through lessons in shopping, menu planning and food budget management skills. Parents learnt how to shop with children in a way that was both fun and educational. They were taught then how to cook with their children to improve relationships and conversations at home and to engage children in cooking. At the end of each session the children were encouraged to taste the food that had been prepared. The children were really proud of their parents cooking, which was an unexpected outcome.
Our funding enabled 9 young people with learning disabilities to develop and learn personal financial skills. This project was designed to offer two cohorts of young people a set of four workshops followed by three practical sessions to gain confidence in handling money, in the Campbeltown Community Shop. They were each accompanied and supported by an individual volunteer mentor.
The project facilitator and participants co-produced a resource pack called 'Money Money Money'. The participants wanted to include in the title 'for anyone who finds money just plain difficult'. The workshops included quizzes and practical exercises to make learning fun.
The groups were able to visit a local bank and participants were able to see where money in a cash machine is stored and understand how it works in practice. They learnt how to ask for help should a machine keep their card for any reason. Participants gained an understanding of why saving matters and how saving up for items will help them throughout their lives.
All participants reported improved confidence and practiced new money skills. Four participants will be living independently as soon as they are 18 and felt they would be able to manage this better.
Our funding enabled Faithworks to deliver Quidz In courses to 19 parents of young children in a local Childrens' Centre. They delivered quarterly workshops at the Probation Hub to 71 ex-offenders. Theproject reached out further to deliver multi-media financial capability sessions to 750 first year students at Bournemouth & Poole College.
The impact of this project has enabled the Money Matters team to access further opportunities with local schools and the YMCA, to widen their reach. They have been able to support beneficiaries with increased knowledge and supported further those who needed 1:1 support.
Our funding enabled Stroud Beresford to support 37 financially vulnerable women residing in two refuges to gain financial independence and resilience skills. This support was provided in weekly Money Management workshops and 1:1 support for women to help them through the three phases of their residency at the refuge: Crisis support on arriving at the refuge, building money skills and confidence whilst living at the refuge and thirdly supporting money and budgeting skills to move on from the refuge. Over the year women were supported to claim £642,606 in benefits and grants.
Collaborating with local agencies such as Stroud Food Bank, Stroud Credit Union and Furniture Bank to further support women transitioning towards independence.
Our funding supported delivery of 12 one off workshops attended by 169 young people and 3 x 6 week courses delivering one session per week, attended by 19 young people. 6 young peer co-workers received training, delivered by a financial capability worker from the local CAB together with youth advisers from It's Your Choice.
The young peer co-workers all played a part in the design of the course to ensure it would be relevant to other young people. They all participated in the delivery of the courses and gained paid work experience by doing so. All 6 young people confirmed the experience led to improvements in their own self- esteem and increased confidence in the way they managed their own finances. They also confirmed that participating in the project had resulted in enhancement of their CVs, and 5 went on to secure local employment.