GoHenry has launched its new Kids Financial Education Advisory Board to give young people a voice in shaping the future of financial education in schools.
According to FinTech Finance, the new board aims to ensure that children’s perspectives are represented in discussions about how money lessons are taught, particularly as the Government prepares to publish recommendations from its National Curriculum Review later this year.
Founded in 2012, GoHenry offers a prepaid debit card and financial learning app designed for children and teenagers. Its mission is to make kids financially confident and help families develop healthy money habits through practical, age-appropriate education tools.
The Kids Financial Education Advisory Board consists of three GoHenry members – Eashan, aged 14 from Essex; Maddie, aged 17 from Birmingham; and Theo, aged 11 from Yorkshire. The group will share their experiences and ideas directly with policymakers, including MPs, contributing to GoHenry’s recommendations on how to integrate financial literacy into classroom learning.
As part of the initiative’s launch, the new board participated in a Market Close ceremony at the London Stock Exchange last week during its annual “Ring the Bell For Financial Literacy” event. The ceremony brought together representatives from financial services, schools, and charities to raise awareness of the importance of early money management education.
The three young board members bring different motivations to the initiative. Eashan has already advocated in Parliament for financial education to be added to the national curriculum, Theo hopes to learn more about investing to support his future and family, and Maddie wants to develop her budgeting skills to gain financial confidence and eventually run her own business.
This announcement builds on GoHenry’s long-term campaign to make financial education mandatory from primary school. It follows the company’s Financial Education Manifesto released last year and recent research revealing that 84% of children want money lessons to be part of the new curriculum.
GoHenry advisory board member Eashan said: “Financial education is so important for young people because it helps set you up to succeed later in life. Being part of GoHenry’s new advisory board is so exciting and it means I get to be in front of the people making decisions about the future of my education. Hopefully, together, we can help to make sure money lessons are taught in school.”
GoHenry founder Louise Hill said: “Young people – like Eashan, Theo and Maddie – deserve a say in what they learn in school, especially when it comes to key life skills such as money management. That’s exactly why we’ve launched the GoHenry Kids Financial Education Advisory Board, to make sure their voices are not only heard, but acted on. I’m looking forward to working closely with all three of our new Board members as we continue our campaigning for financial education to be part of the new curriculum from primary school.”
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