Student money blog

Welcome to the My Personal Finance Skills student money blog.

Here you will find blog articles written by people that might have visited your school and delivered a financial education workshop.

Blogs will cover topics relevant to your age (14-18) and often include content that you have requested from your feedback following a financial education workshop at your school.

If you have a topic to suggest, email us skills@thepfs.org

<img decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/woman.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" srcset="https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/woman.jpg 300w, https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/woman-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

Pensions, what’s the big deal?

August 3, 2020

|

in Student money blog

A blog post by Loretta Mooney

<img decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/ten.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" srcset="https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/ten.jpg 300w, https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/ten-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

10 things I wish I had known about money

July 20, 2020

|

in Student money blog

A blog post by Natasha Hellewell

<img decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/financial-independence.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" srcset="https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/financial-independence.jpg 300w, https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/financial-independence-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

Achieving Financial Independence

July 3, 2020

|

in Student money blog

A blog post by Rob Boland

<img decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/planner-300x300-1.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" srcset="https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/planner-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/planner-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

June 18, 2020

|

in Student money blog

A blog post by Kris Amliwala

<img decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/credit-card-300x300-1.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload lazyload" alt="" srcset="https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/credit-card-300x300-1.jpg 300w, https://mypersonalfinanceskills.org/wp-content/uploads/credit-card-300x300-1-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

What I learnt from my encounter with debt at a young age

May 21, 2020

|

in Student money blog

A blog post by Ed Painter

Blog content contains financial guidance. Guidance is for information only and should not be taken as a recommendation for your individual circumstances. Only regulated financial advice can provide you with a specific course of financial action to take based on your individual circumstances and goals.

Should there be any questions arising following any posts, please contact skills@thepfs.org