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Barclays LifeSkills - Planning Budgets, Credit and Debt

Work Inspiration and Preparation Provided by Barclays LifeSkills with Business in the Community

In this lesson students are tasked with becoming money mentors for a series of characters, to understand financial terminology, and learn ways to save, manage debt and borrowing money safely.

 

By the end of the activity students will have:
• Identified ways of reducing spending and saving regularly by completing a budget.
• Discussed different reasons for, and ways of, borrowing money.
• Completed a savings action plan for a fictional character.

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Offer details

Set date

13th November 2024 (13:30 - 14:15)

Location

Online

Related industries

Agriculture and land

Chemical sciences

Creative

Construction and built environment

Digital technologies

Energy

Financial services

Healthcare

Food and drink

Engineering and manufacturing

Life sciences

Social care

Transport

Tourism

Retail

Education

Hospitality and catering

Public sector and security services

Learning

Awareness

Audience

Educators

Secondary S1 to S3 (11-14 year old)

Secondary S4 to S6 (14-18 year old)

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Aberdeen City

Aberdeenshire

Angus

Argyll and Bute

Clackmannanshire

Dumfries & Galloway

Dundee City

East Ayrshire

East Dunbartonshire

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Edinburgh (City of)

Eilean Siar

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Fife

Glasgow

Highland

Inverclyde

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North Lanarkshire

Orkney Islands

Perth & Kinross

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Scottish Borders

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South Ayrshire

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West Dunbartonshire

West Lothian