Just Finance Foundation - lifelong financial wellbeing for all
Across the UK, most young people leave school without the financial skills and confidence needed for future study, work and life. This leaves them vulnerable to money stress, unhealthy risk and scams.
We are on a mission to make sure every child is empowered with financial education for life. Help make sure no child misses out.
Global Money Week 2026: Bring money conversations into your classroom
Explore money through four values - Wisdom, Justice, Generosity and Thankfulness - with free classroom activities designed for primary schools.
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2024 Impact Report - No Child Misses Out
Your generosity directly supported our financial education programmes across the UK, providing training, classroom activities and ongoing support.
Read our latest Impact Report for more on how we are closing the financial literacy gap and ensuring all children, regardless of background and learning ability, have access to essential money skills.
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Empowering Children Through Values-Based Financial Education
Financial education is more than just Maths. It's about our values, emotions and ability to make informed choices in the real world. Just Finance Foundation delivers a values-based approach to financial education, aligning with most school values and making a lasting impact on financial wellbeing. Discover more about how a values-based approach helps ensures no child misses out on vital financial education.
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Supporting families to talk about money at home
Discover how Just Finance Foundation supports families to talk about money to kids. We’re here to share top tips, conversation starters and best practice guides for parents and carers. Join us and help improve your child’s financial literacy - and future financial wellbeing.
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Building a Future of Financial Wellbeing
Financial education is essential. Your support makes it possible. Discover how Just Finance Foundation is funded and how we use donations to help improve financial literacy across the UK.
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Providing free resources to help teachers
This year, we’ve been working hard to bring high quality and values-based financial education to UK primary schools. Explore and download all the free teaching packs we have created in 2024 and get an exclusive sneak peek at the new 5 Big Questions about money.
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Making an Impact in Schools
Our LifeSavers financial education programme is helping create strong financial futures across the UK. We do this by providing primary schools with high quality training, resources and support, aimed at empowering children with vital life skills, financial literacy and healthy habits around money. Explore more about our impact in schools this year.
donate to give more children access to meaningful financial education
Your donations help deliver financial education across the UK. Donations mean we can train teachers, create new resources, and commit to long-term projects with potential to make a life-changing difference.
Equip your school with free financial education resources
Discover LifeSavers, our free programme for Primary Schools
LifeSavers puts age-appropriate learning materials into the hands of teachers and children in primary schools, with 734 schools served nationwide since 2017, reaching 196,607 children.
Our unique programme for primary schools offering a whole school approach that provides:
Resources and training for teachers to embed financial education into the school curriculum
Support for school savings clubs to give children a practical experience of handling money
A whole community approach that involves parents, credit unions and others in helping children learn about money
Find out more about our innovative programme and we can help your school.
Start your journey with Milo
The skills and values we need to manage money begin to develop between the ages of 3 and 7. That’s why Milo’s Money was created as a free teaching resource for Early Years and Key Stage 1. It establishes a strong foundation for developing a healthy relationship with money.
Our Milo’s Money resources include: a soft toy, storybook and teaching aid, over 60 downloadable resources, an online game to engage students in money lessons, and dedicated support and training from our education team.
why financial education needs to change for young people
Financial education is often framed around one simple message: make better choices and your finances will improve.
But for many young people, this doesn’t reflect reality. Life is shaped by complex financial systems, rising costs, and circumstances that are often outside individual control. Teaching money as if it’s only about budgeting harder or saving more can leave young people feeling confused, anxious, or even ashamed when things don’t go to plan.
At Just FInance Foundation, we believe financial education should go beyond basic rules about spending and saving. Young people need to understand how money actually works, from credit and debt to taxes, risk, and the systems that shape financial opportunities. Just as importantly, they need space to explore how emotions, values, and goals influence financial decisions.
By creating open conversations about money and helping young people ask better questions, financial education can build confidence, curiosity, and the skills needed to navigate an unpredictable financial world.
