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Do you sometimes teach kids about money in schools? Co-branded Times opp

ended 24. June 2026

Do you sometimes go into local schools and teach kids about money? You could be an IFA, mortgage broker, money coach, anyone who works in FS. If so, tell us all about it as The Times are looking for experts who might consider going into schools in association with their brand. If you do sometimes teach kids about money on the side, we'll pass your details onto the Times Money Editor. They're likely to run a story on this, too, so good chance to make it into the paper.

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Ben Perks
Managing Director at Orchard Financial Advisers
I do. I have been into a few schools now and the kids are really engaged. I chat to them about credit, mortgages and insurance. Also touch on other subjects to. It’s something I’m passionate about and would love to do more of.
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Rebecca Robertson
Independent Financial Adviser, Planner and Director at Evolution Financial Planning
I have done this a few times and a member of my team is going to start doing this local to her too now. I've done this as a budgeting exercise, discussing what it would be like to cover the costs to get to school, pay for WIFI and mobile phone contracts, how much would they need to earn to cover it. It was kept very much relevant to their circumstances right now. I would be able to do a series of sessions including mortgages and investing.
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Evren Ergin
Founder And Developer at ValuQ
I would gladly. We teach children compound interest but not the biggest financial decision most will ever make: buying or selling a home.

By the time they reach it, they are expected to understand mortgages, conveyancing, leasehold, service charges and how to read an estate agent's valuation, with no prior teaching at all. It is the one transaction where a small misunderstanding costs tens of thousands, and we send people into it blind.

If The Times is building something on this, I would happily go into local schools to teach the home-buying side in plain English. It is the bit of financial education almost everyone needs and almost nobody is taught.