About Our Money Our Future
Our Money, Our Future is a CCPC sponsorship for post-primary schools/centres to promote the development of financial literacy skills for young people. Post-primary schools and Youthreach Centres are invited to apply for sponsorship of up to €1,000 to support and develop financial literacy initiatives.
See information for teachers for further details. To apply, please complete the application form by 18 October 2024
Our Money, Our Future sponsorship supports the development of the Department of Finance’s National Financial Literacy Strategy, and its emphasis on financial resilience and wellbeing. This complements the CCPC’s ongoing financial education work with post-primary schools, including Money Matters, Money Counts and Ábhair Airgead.
What is the aim of the sponsorship programme? The aim of Our Money, Our Future is to enable schools/centres to develop and implement innovative financial literacy initiatives.
The programme’s objectives are to support post-primary schools and centres to:
- Empower young people to develop and implement financial literacy initiatives throughout their schools.
- Enable students to evaluate financial literacy content and activities.
- Identify and highlight the real-world importance and applicability of financial literacy for young people.
- Provide opportunities for young people to engage and collaborate with local financial literacy experts and/or financial institutions and other relevant experts.
- Encourage innovative approaches that support the development of students’ financial literacy skills, knowledge and behaviour as outlined in the EU/OECD Financial Competence Framework for Children and Youth.
To support teachers and school leaders, we have put together a useful toolkit and a list of useful resources
What are the benefits of taking part in Our Money, Our Future?
Our Money, Our Future aims to highlight the value of incorporating financial education into the curriculum. Some of the benefits of taking part are:
- An opportunity to develop new and innovative financial literacy initiatives linked to the curriculum.
- Students are given a chance to experience financial education and understand how it applies to the real world.
- Students gain an increased knowledge of financial literacy concepts and topics.
- Potential to share initiatives as part of Global Money Week 2025.
