More than 23,000 11-18-year-olds in schools and colleges in the UK have received personal finance education in the 2021/22 academic year thanks to a Personal Finance Society initiative.
The Personal Finance Society’s financial education programme has organised a record number of sessions – many delivered by Financial Planners in schools – over the past 12 months.
The My Personal Finance Skills programme is aimed at students aged 11-18 years old and provides free financial education to schools across the country, often delivered by Financial Planners who have volunteered to help.
My Personal Finance Skills sessions explain topics such as payslips, debt, saving, insurance, and credit. They also enable Personal Finance Society members to share how they find a career in Financial Planning to be rewarding.
The PFS says the lessons help students understand more about money so they can leave school ‘life-ready’.
During the previous academic year 2020 to 2021, 630 sessions were given to students through the programme (584 remote, 46 in-person at schools). The PFS estimates…
