Chancellor learns about KickStart money programme

We were delighted to support our client The Centre for Financial Capability to welcome the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP to Alverton Community Primary School in his Richmond (Yorks) constituency to see the exciting KickStart Money programme, delivered by MyBnk, in action! He gave a short introduction to HM Treasury and explained his role as Chancellor of the Exchequer as well as taking a few questions from the class. The Chancellor then joined in as the Year 6 class learnt about saving money, bank accounts and interest rates.

In the lesson, the pupils got to grips with the importance of building positive money habits as soon as they could to help build stronger savings habits for the future. They tackled key financial concepts, such as interest rates and risks and learnt about the importance of setting savings goals and the role of bank accounts.

The visit took place during #globalmoneyweek2022, a global awareness raising campaign aimed at improving the financial capability of the next generation.