We have always planned to
continually improve and expand this
resource. Below are some examples of
updates that we have recently added
to the site.
- Junior
Football Manager Game -
(15/05/08)
The skills you use to manage
your family’s finances
can be useful elsewhere as well.
Lots of parents play an important
part in running their kids’ junior
football clubs and this can require
a cool financial head! Have a
go with our game that puts you
in charge of the finances of
a junior football team and discover
the impact your financial decisions
can have.
- Money
Matters to Me
Printed Guide Book -
(15/05/08)
Published in May 2008, the Money
Matter to Me Guide Book is now
available to help you get the
most from the online resource.
This printed guide is also a
great stand alone resource in
its own right. Includes the
2008 edition of
"Interactive Resource Kit" on
CD-ROM with Junior Football Manager
game, find out more and buy online.
- Budget
Updates for 2008 Budget -
(02/05/08)
All site content has new site pages to reflect changes
made in the recent budget.
- Budget
Updates for 2007 Budget -
(09/05/07)
All site content has new site pages to reflect changes
made in the recent budget.
- Call
for Case Studies -
(27/07/06)
We are interested in hearing
your stories about how and
where you use our website so
that we can create some case
studies to help us keep on
improving the site for you.
- Budget
Updates for 2006 Budget.
All site content has new site pages
to reflect changes made in the recent
budget.
- Buying
a House -
(27/04/06)
Buying a house can be a daunting
prospect. This section introduces
you to the process and
offers some handy hints and tips
from start to finish.
- Interactives
on CD-ROM -
(21/02/06)
As a tutor, if you want to use
Money Matters to Me in a location
where you don't have an Internet
connection, you will be pleased
to find out that you
can now request the "Interactive Resource Kit" on
CD-ROM.
- Interactive
Shopping Simulator -
(06/12/05)
This new section has lots of information
about online shopping via the Internet.
It also features an online shopping
simulator complete with shop, checkout
and even a confirmation email.
- Growing
Older - (14/07/05)
This new section, which can be found in the 'Implications
of finance' section, helps you think about your longer
term future , for example, retirement.
- Budget
Updates for 2005 Budget.
All site content has new site pages to reflect changes
made in the recent budget.
- Numeracy
Mapping - (21/04/05)
This new section, which can be found in the Tutor's
section, helps numeracy tutors to identify which
of the sections of Money Matters to Me could be
useful and at what level.
- Interactive
Workshops - (21/04/05)
There are new interactive activities relating
to numeracy, these can be found in the Interactive
workshops
section. The following activities are covered:
Calculating petrol costs in 'taking
a road trip',
calculating the amount of laminate flooring or
rolls of wallpaper
in 'DIY',
converting pounds to euros in our 'euro
converter'
and once you've done all that hard work relax with
a drink at our 'drinks
machine simulator'.
- Your Credit
History - (08/02/05)
This new section, which can be found under Money
Matters - Implications of finance, deals
with your credit history and your credit reference
file - how to get yours and how to make sense of
it.
- Child Trust
Fund
-
(08/02/05)
This new section, which can be found
under Money Matters - Where money
comes from, deals with the introduction
of the new Child Trust Fund, an amount
of money now paid to parents for
all new born babies.
- Insurance
-
(18/11/04)
This new section, which can be found
under Money Matters - Risk and return,
deals with all aspects of insurance
from home insurance to medical insurance.
- Social
Housing -
(01/08/04)
This new section, which can be found
under Money Matters - Where money
comes from, deals with all aspects
of social housing including council
and association housing.
- Benefits
- Direct
Payments and Post Office
Collection -
(01/08/04)
This new section, which can be found
under Money Matters - Where money
comes from - Benefits, covers direct
payments and Post
Office Benefits collection via
cash card account with a simulator
for the new keypad verification system.
- March
2004 Budget Updates -
(13/04/04)
The March 2004 budget made some changes
to various elements within the Money
Matters to Me resource. These are
now available throughout the site.
- Online
Guide For Tutors and Practitioners
- (30/03/04)
A new integrated, comprehensive guide
which shows tutors and practitioners
in Financial Literacy, Numeracy and
ICT how to get the best from this
resource.
-
Practitioners
Forum -
(30/03/04)
We have just launched a new forum
which combines the best of the
original simple forum and the
Financial
Literacy Tutors Network.
- News
Archive
All expired news items from
previous Money Matters to Me news
postings.
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