Our charity

Who are we?

WizeUp Financial Education is a financial education charity, granted charitable status in June 2020. We have been delivering high-quality financial education in schools and colleges since 2011 as a non-for-profit organisation.

Following a report published by Katherine Gemmell of The Financial Times, along with other findings, we aim to revamp the support given to individual students, parents and teachers by making financial and employability learning more accessible and to encourage more active learning of the subject.

Our mission

Through our work, WizeUp are determined to help young people develop their financial literacy and employability skills.

We have identified three areas of influence for every student:

1. Parents

2. Media/Technology

3. Schools

Our mission is to:

Enable teachers to run lessons during scheduled PHSE lessons by making available structured lessons, recorded sessions, games and quizzes.

Work more with parents, making specific online sessions for them so that they feel comfortable and supported when discussing financial topics with their children.

Share learning content via social media and our YouTube channel so that young people can get bitesize chunks of information on any finance topic easily and in a way that they feel most comfortable with.

The real problem

Two in five 18-24 year olds are already in debt owing nearly £3k on average – and that’s on top of student loans.

The financial pressures on students are well known, with rising university fees - leaving many with tens of thousands of debt by the time they have finished their studies.

37% of 18-24 year olds are already in debt, and owe as much as £2,989. On average, only 27 per cent said they knew what their credit rating is or how it affects them, and 37% of those in debt have no plan to repay the money.

42% say they find managing money harder than expected.

(Source: thisismoney.co.uk)

Our charity

Who are we?

Our mission

The real problem

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