{"id":942,"date":"2019-05-01T16:17:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T15:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withcreative.co.uk\/dev\/bury-primary-schools-sign-up-for-pioneering-money-education-programme\/"},"modified":"2021-01-14T23:34:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T23:34:05","slug":"bury-primary-schools-sign-up-for-pioneering-money-education-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.withcreative.co.uk\/langricks\/bury-primary-schools-sign-up-for-pioneering-money-education-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"BURY PRIMARY SCHOOLS SIGN UP FOR PIONEERING MONEY EDUCATION PROGRAMME"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Three more schools from Bury have given pupils an opportunity to get savvy with money thanks to a new association with a pioneering financial education charity called\u00a0DebtAware<\/a>, supported, among others, by accountancy firm\u00a0Langricks<\/a>.<\/header>\n

Greenhill Primary<\/a>,\u00a0Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Hazelhurst Primary School<\/a>\u00a0have got on board with the charity\u2019s unique \u2018Money Skills for Life\u2019 programme and in so doing given 180 children aged 9-11 the chance to develop vital skills with cash.<\/p>\n

DebtAware is the education arm of the national charity\u00a0Debt Advice Foundation<\/a>\u00a0which provides free and impartial debt advice to anyone worried about loans, credit and debt.<\/p>\n

It was established to offer school children the chance to understand how to manage money to try to prevent them from getting into debt in the future.<\/p>\n

With the number of people defaulting on their credit card debts soaring in the first three months of this year, according to\u00a0figures from the Bank of England<\/a>, the advice can\u2019t come soon enough.<\/p>\n

The Money Skills for Life scheme has enjoyed amazing success in Lancashire and has worked with over 160 schools to enable 10,000 children to gain a better understanding\u00a0of how to manage money.<\/p>\n

Natalie Lawton, a Year 5 Teacher at Hazelhurst Primary commented: \u201cIt is just what the children need in our\u00a0\u201cbuy now pay later\u201d society. Brian\u00a0\u00a0had our children engaged and invested right from the start. The conversations continued long after he had left the classroom. We are all looking forward to continuing our sessions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Children experiencing the classes have got so proficient they are totally at home with words like deficit<\/span><\/span> and surplus and balanced budget and some are talking to their parents about good habits and challenging Child Trust Fund decisions!<\/p>\n

Education Manager Brian Souter, who has been teaching all his life, and only set up the Money Skills scheme four\u00a0years ago, is passionate about the benefits. He said: \u201cWe believe good habits can be formed as early as primary school so that is where we focus our efforts \u2013 working with 9 and 10-year-olds. It makes a world of difference.<\/p>\n

Langricks has been supporting the charity for a year to raise money and get more DebtAware teams on the ground in neighbouring counties \u2013 Cheshire and Yorkshire. They hope to raise a further \u00a33,000 at an annual golf day again in September.<\/p>\n

Chris Langrick commented; \u201cI cannot think of a single life skill that is more important than knowing how to manage money. It impacts on so much. If we \u2013 by working with DebtAware – can play a small part in reducing the future indebtedness of the next generation we will have done something worthwhile.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more details on DebtAware\u2019s Money Skills For Life programme visit\u00a0www.debtaware.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n