Press Releases

Two pupils from Avondale Primary School will be addressing a national conference at the Museum of Liverpool about their financial management training. Emily Rolfe and Bethany Green, both aged 10, have been learning about their future finances through the DebtAware Programme. Emily said: “It’s not really that nerve wracking because we’ve both performed in front … Read more

We are celebrating after our pioneering work in educating children about money management and debt has now reached more than 5,000 children in 100 schools. DebtAware uses a ‘peer-to-peer’ structure in our financial education programme in which secondary and primary school students plan and run classes on subjects such as debt and budgeting for primary … Read more

DebtAware has been named as a Spirit of the Community Awards 2015 education category finalist. The awards, which are supported by Yorkshire & Clydesdale Bank Foundation, aim to recognise projects that advance financial education, improve employability and promote environmental protection or improvement. Brian Souter, the charity’s Education Manager, commented: “We’re delighted to see our programme … Read more

Children have adopted a jackanory style to teach youngsters about how to manage money. Year six pupils from Anderton Primary School and Rivington Foundation Primary School have taken part in filming a video reading six short stories about spending money carefully — and what can happen when you don’t. The film, produced by media students … Read more

When Chorley schoolgirls Nicola Haresceugh and Ruth Gratton volunteered to help with a new project at school about financial education, they had little idea just how much impact their work would have.