Early day motion · EDM 117 · 7 Nov 2007

WHAT MONEY MEANS PROJECT

Tabled by Dr David Drew (Labour (Co-op)) 37 signatures

The motion

That this House welcomes the launch of What Money Means, a major new financial capability project run by the Personal Finance Education Group (PFEG), and supported by HSBC; applauds this five year, £3.4 million project to create a step-change in how primary school children learn about money; notes that within five years it is planned to have reached more than 17,500 primary schools in the UK; further applauds HSBC for involving up to 10,000 employees as volunteers, as part of the support schools will receive; believes that this project will play an important role in equipping young people with the skills that will help them to develop into financially capable adults; and sees this as an important step towards the goal of all young people having access to a planned and coherent programme of personal finance education at school.

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