Money Mentors Financial Education Programme from London Citizens and Citizens UK

Mission Money Mentors Launch 2012 / Money Mentors Graduation

Friday, 11 May, 2012

Mission Money Mentors Launch 2012 / Money Mentors Graduation 2011-2012 We are happy to announce that we will be returning to the Livery Hall in the City of London to celebrate the achievements of financially literate leaders from our diverse alliance from all over London.  If you would like to attend the event you need to contact [...]

Fund a new Money Mentor, in London schools and universities

Thursday, 15 March, 2012

Money Mentors http://www.citizensuk.org/moneymentors/we-say-we-pay-proposal FUND A MENTOR: This year we plan to fund one of our Mentors via crowd funding- getting everyone who thinks this is a brilliant idea and everyone that has benefited from the project to chip in. DONATE Tweet

Money Mentor Academy 2012!

Monday, 16 January, 2012

We are on our way to training a new set of Money Mentors. There are only 9 places remaining in TELCO so snap them up before they go!  We are holding sessions for Hackney and Waltham Forest- Venue: Clapton Girls Academy Time: 4.45pm-6.45pm 1.       Tuesday 31st January 2.       Tuesday 7th February 3.       Tuesday 21st   February 4.       [...]

Money Mentors Academy 2011

Wednesday, 7 December, 2011

With the 2011 Academy coming to an end at St Charles and Kings College we are starting to look forward to the New Year. We will be running more sessions, holding more debates and training more mentors in January- so get you application in early to avoid disappointment. Join the legacy. Tweet

Video of Mission: Money Mentors 2011

Thursday, 29 September, 2011

Watch the Money Mentors at work teaching thousands of young people about money through Mission: Money Mentors 2011. Tweet

Sign the government E-petition

Thursday, 22 September, 2011

  Just look where Martin Lewis’s petition is on the government’s e-petition website! At the time of writing 72,698 people have signed the pledge to make financial education a compulsory part of the school curriculum. At the moment it’s the 4th most popular on the list out of thousands that anyone from the general public can [...]

Enrol at the Academy!

Wednesday, 21 September, 2011

  Applicants from across London can now apply to enrol at the Money Mentors Academy 2011-2012 to:     Gain the highest quality financial literacy training     Improve your own financial capability and help others improve theirs     Get an ASDAN accredited financial literacy qualification     Take action locally to improve local finances 5 week courses will run [...]

Council tackles financial exclusion among young people

Wednesday, 21 September, 2011

  The council of one of the poorest London boroughs has pledged to tackle financial exclusion among the area’s children and young people. Lambeth Local Authority has developed a Child Poverty Reduction Strategy 2011-2014, one key objective of which is to tackle “financial exclusion including debt management, financial literacy, affordable credit and maximising benefit take-up”. [...]

Universal Credit Report

Tuesday, 13 September, 2011

A report analysing the government’s proposed ‘Universal Credit’ to reform the benefits system calls on London employers to “consider adopting the London Living Wage”. The Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion argues that the London Living Wage “makes a big impact on work incentives under Universal Credit. If London employers paid the London Living Wage, [...]

“This summer, I was a Money Mentor”

Wednesday, 17 August, 2011

I started university in the middle of the financial crisis, and I know that I would have benefited tremendously from practical guidance on how to manage my money better.  The constant negative news has cast gloomy shadows on the prospects of our young people.  When I speak to the young people around me, they feel [...]