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Help make the world financially literate

The FT’s campaign has reached thousands of schools and with your help can reach many more
Patrick Jenkins, Financial Times

Pensions lessons: a new twist on British army training

FT-backed financial literacy programme aims to make recruits fighting fit for later life
Patrick Jenkins, Financial Times

Financial literacy will be central to the UK’s future prosperity

Habits around money start early, so teaching children about it should as well
Lucy Rigby, Labour MP
Teaching children how to budget, save, understand risk and recognise danger lays foundations that last a lifetime

The UK nurses struggling to make ends meet

FT charity FLIC is helping to alleviate NHS staff’s money worries with bespoke financial education
Sarah Neville and Amy Borrett, Financial Times
NHS nurse Saff Davies will be one of the health workers receiving advice from the Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign

Recipe: The Dusty Knuckle’s persimmon and blue cheese salad

This herby, zingy salad from the cult London bakery could use up some of your seasonal leftovers
Harriet Fitch Little, Financial Times

India’s trainee chefs and mechanics learn about money

FT charity expands financial literacy programme to Indian vocational schools
Patrick Jenkins, Financial Times

The money lessons we wish we’d been taught at school

Deborah Meaden, Jill Scott, Carol Vorderman and others join FT columnists to share what they would teach kids today
Claer Barrett, Financial Times
More than 900 UK schools are using the curriculum designed by the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign © Amy Anderson

Why Europeans need to learn more about money

In many countries, financial knowledge is poor and savings are held in low-return products, slowing the continent’s economy
Paola Tamma, Financial Times
A school in Finland

App delivery drivers battle dynamic wages and uncertain finances

Algorithmic pay systems test gig workers’ personal finance survival skills
Josh Gabert-Doyon, Financial Times

FT webinar: what does the Budget mean for your money?

FT journalists and tax expert Dan Neidle answered your questions after the 2025 Budget
Hosted by Claer Barrett, Financial Times

The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism

Locked out of home ownership, young adults are turning to risky financial behaviour.
John Burn-Murdoch, Financial Times

FT seasonal appeal: why financial education has never been more crucial

Experian will match-fund reader donations to bring FLIC’s financial literacy to more people.
Patrick Jenkins, Financial Times

Experian announced as lead partner for the Financial Times 2025 Seasonal Appeal for Financial Literacy & Inclusion Campaign

The Financial Times charity, the Financial Literacy & Inclusion Campaign (FT FLIC) is proud to announce Experian as the lead partner for the 2025 FT seasonal appeal.
Experian

Give children the financial education they need

The numerate and money-confident students of today will bring benefits to the UK economy tomorrow
Financial Times