Format
2 x 100 min sessions
Target Group
14-16 year olds
Group Size
12-30 young people
Content
A highly interactive financial education programme covering practical and relevant everyday financial matters.
These sessions are designed to get young people thinking and caring about their finances, both now and in their short and long-term futures.
Sessions cover:
- Session 1: Minimum wage, payslips, national insurance, tax, government spending, household costs, insurance, needs and wants, lifestyle choices, budgeting, unexpected costs, and savings.
- Session 2: Pensions, auto enrolment, investments, stocks and shares/cash ISAs, risk and saving, Interest, borrowing, credit and debt, and fraud and scams.
See how this programme maps into the National Curriculum and Financial Education Planning Framework for UK teachers.
Money Twist approaches financial capability in a hands-on manner as young people play games and and physical activity in their learning. Each session is structured to look at where young people get money, what they do with it and why it matters.
Participants are encouraged to give their own views and critically analyse various financial problems that young people and adults are faced with, as well as considering their own financial futures.
Money Twist maps into the financial literacy elements of the Citizenship, Maths and PSHE curriculum. It is ideal for financial capability focus days, enterprise weeks, or can be built into a scheme of work over a number of weeks. Multiple Money Twist sessions can be run simultaneously to allow several classes to take part at once.
Money Twist has been evaluated and proven by The Money Advice Service’s Evidence Hub. This programme also won Children & Young People Now’s Financial Capability Award 2010!
MyBnk Cancellation Policy: Cancellations and changes made to scheduled deliveries incur costs to MyBnk. Any changes made less than two weeks in advance will result in a £100 or, if less than three working days, £250 charge per MyBnk trainer. Full Terms & Conditions here.
Case Studies
From opening a first bank account and trading in real markets, to moving out of care and into independent living, MyBnk’s financial education workshops pack a BIG punch!
"It makes maths real!" Improving teens numeracy skills by understanding investment
“My Mind Has Been Blown!" - Shannon, 8, opens her first bank account and starts her savings journey
"Learning to live independently taught me I had worth" Leaving care and dodging bankruptcy
Impact After This Programme
73
Teachers who thought MyBnk training was more effective than the training delivered by school staff
31
Of pupils who have not made a financial plan now would
45
Pupil’s shift towards moderating extreme spending and savings habits
"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn."
Money doesn’t grow on trees but if it did you’d plant the seeds
Money is the root of all evil
Money can’t buy manners
"I want young people to understand things like APR as much as they understand LOL".
"If money go before, all ways do lie open" (Shakespeare)
"If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't buy."
"There are people who have money and people who are rich". [Coco Chanel]
“Don’t just make money, make a difference”.
"The more you LEARN the more you EARN".
"Take care of the pennies and the pounds take care of themselves!"
"Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you”. [Maya Angelou]
"MyBnk is more than just a job. It's a lifestyle!"
"A wise man once said the best thing money can buy is financial freedom".
“Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.” - Haruki Murakami
"If you want to be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting".
"If money is the sea, learn to ride the waves".
“Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.” Bob Marley
