Free financial education sessions for students in Suffolk.

We want to help children across Suffolk get them the confidence they need to get financially fit for their future. 

• 24 million adults are not confident managing their money.*
• Poor financial decisions early in life can lead to long-term debt, reduced savings, and ongoing financial insecurity.
• We’re helping students aged 15-18 across Suffolk start thinking about how to manage their own money with confidence.

*On the Money: A roadmap for lifelong financial learning, The Centre of Social Justice, 2022.

Face-to-face sessions:

• 30-minute interactive session in the classroom with a highly-engaging budgeting game
• Presentations for large groups
• 50-minute with interactive tasks for classroom learning

Our sessions include:

• Managing money
• Creating a budget
• Savings and borrowing
• Interest rates

Students also get:

• An educational pocket booklet to take away and keep.
• Access to free resources on our website.

What others have said:

“By offering an interactive experience with real-world examples of money management, we’ve seen pupils really engage with the financial education sessions provided by Suffolk Building Society. As a teacher, it’s been exciting to see the pupils ask thoughtful and probing questions about how they can budget in the future.” – Teacher in Ipswich

“It was really good to think about what we do with our money.  When we are older, we need to think about everything that could happen and make sure we can buy things that we need, and then after that we can enjoy buying the stuff we want.” – Year 9 pupil

If you’d like us to pop in and deliver a session face-to-face, email us on [email protected], or call your local Suffolk Building Society branch.

Not ready for us to come and see you?

We’ve put together a lesson plan and worksheets so you can get started and deliver a session for your students today.

Email us on [email protected] for your pack.