Get money savvy with Financial Literacy Program
Financial literacy is an important life skill that all children need to learn, which is why we’ve partnered with the University of Newcastle to present the Greater Bank Finance Academy.
Cath – I am involved in a number of community partnerships within Greater Bank. I was approach to see if I would be interested and I jumped at the opportunity. To be able to help educate the young people of today is so important.
Ash - It was put to me as part of another Greater initiative that builds up aspiring leaders in the business. I was completing my Supervisor to Branch Manager training & the Finance Academy was put to us as an option to build on people skills, communication/presentation skills and the most important part, helping to build young people’s relationship and understanding of finance.
Ash & Cath - Too often as lenders in the business do we hear the incorrect information of “you need to get a credit card to get a credit score” or people not realising that Buy Now Pay Later services like ZipPay impact their credit file.
By providing these life lessons early on we are hopefully setting up young people to have a good relationship with their finances.
Ash & Cath - The level of engagement! From the younger grades to year 12 they’re still engaged and asking questions. The questions vary given age - as does the way we present. This is needed to keep it as valid and relatable to the age group we have in front of us.
Ash - When going over the lessons in our induction, it really made me think back to when I was at school and acknowledge that these lessons are going to provide life lessons that schools do not cover.
Cath – I have a daughter who I will be teaching these lessons too and it’s easy for me as I’m in the industry. I want to be able to set as many kids up as I can with this knowledge and give them the best head start to their future.
Financial literacy is an important life skill that all children need to learn, which is why we’ve partnered with the University of Newcastle to present the Greater Bank Finance Academy.
Clontarf Foundation’s Newcastle High Academy program is working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to ensure they are equipped with key educational and life skills.
High school students across Newcastle will benefit from a short-course focused on informed financial-decision making, thanks to the Fundamentals of Financial Literacy Program.