We have always planned to continually
improve and expand this resource. The
short term plans are to add the following
to enable you to get the most from the
site.
- Home
Information Packs (HIPS) - (17/11/08)
Home buying has changed, HIPS, what are they and why
do we have them.
- Are
you interested?- (17/11/08)
Interest can have a big impact on
our money. We have a new section
that explains why.
- 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.
- FREE
Money Matters to Me Workshops
(14/03/04)
NIACE are organising a series of workshops
around the UK throughout 2004. These
workshops are aimed at tutors and
practitioners working in the areas
of Financial
Literacy, Numeracy and ICT. The dates
for the workshops are
- Leicester
- 21 May 2004 - PASSED
- London
- 15 June 2004 - PASSED
- Manchester
- 23 June 2004 - PASSED
- Leeds
- 1 July 2004 - - PASSED
- Newcastle
- 13 July 2004
- - PASSED
To find out
more about this workshop, please take
a look at: www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/OnlineICT.htm.
- Large
text version
- Available
Now (01/11/03)
This version of the site takes
all of the text and presents it in
a large print, easy read version.
Please remember that due to the very
interactive and dynamic nature of
the site that some visual elements
will be unavailable in the large text
version although we have included
all pertinent interactive visuals
and sized them up for easier reading.
-
Downloadable version of site
modules - Available
Now (01/11/03)
There are a number of downloadable
modules in Microsoft Word format.
These cover the nine modules under
the Money matters section of the site
and will be useful for practitioners
wishing to print or cut and paste
content into their own worksheets.
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