{"id":15178,"date":"2025-11-24T11:07:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=15178"},"modified":"2025-11-24T11:07:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:07:34","slug":"ft-seasonal-appeal-why-financial-education-has-never-been-more-crucial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=15178","title":{"rendered":"FT seasonal appeal: why financial education has never been more crucial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=be8e3e94-aea9-442b-859f-9b043b54944d\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p><em>Patrick Jenkins is the FT\u2019s deputy editor and chair of FT FLIC<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The gap between those who have \u2014 millionaires, billionaires, prospective trillionaires \u2014 and those who don\u2019t just keeps on widening. Federal Reserve analysis shows the richest 0.1 per cent of Americans now own 14 per cent of the country\u2019s household wealth, up from 10 per cent 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Even in the more restrained UK, tax authority data this month showed there are now more than 5,000 Isa millionaires in the country \u2014 those whose investments through an Individual Savings Account tax-free wrapper are worth \u00a31mn-plus. And then, of course, there is the epitome of excess: Elon Musk, already the richest man in the world, who was recently awarded an otherworldly $1tn pay deal by Tesla (equivalent to the median annual salary of 16mn Americans added together).<\/p>\n<p>It is against that background that we today launch our seasonal appeal, in aid of FLIC, the financial education charity seeded by the Financial Times in 2021. The Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign, to give it its full title, aims to promote a foundational understanding of money among both children and adults.<\/p>\n<p>A world in which those who understand money can accumulate vast riches, while those who don\u2019t are left behind or spiral into unaffordable debt, can only damage the broader economy and threaten sociopolitical cohesion. Educating everyone to understand the foundations of finance \u2014 from compound interest to stock market investment and pension saving \u2014 has never been more important.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next eight weeks, the FT will bring you stories about the communities that FLIC has already reached \u2014 from UK nurses in Northumbria and army recruits in Aldershot to catering trainees in Aurangabad, western India. John Burn-Murdoch will dig into the data of successful programmes. And Claer Barrett will curate a collection of top money management tips from a posse of financial celebrities and your favourite FT writers.<\/p>\n<p>FLIC may be young (we turned four in September) but the charity has racked up a lot of wins. We were particularly delighted that the UK government announced this month that financial education would finally be taken seriously in schools, with a policy to make it compulsory across primary and secondary schools in England. This is something FLIC had lobbied hard for.<\/p>\n<p>But campaigning has only been a part of our charity\u2019s agenda. Its day-to-day work has accelerated fast: creating the financial education material to help both young people and adults overcome nervousness about the topic and get to grips with their money. Our 42 hours of classroom learning materials are complemented by dozens of engaging short-form videos that are embedded in lesson plans and distributed independently on social media channels such as TikTok and Instagram. The videos have racked up millions of views and FLIC materials are now in more than 900 UK secondary schools.<\/p>\n<p>Usage is important. But proof of efficacy is crucial. And it is a core component of FLIC\u2019s approach. To that end, we have been recruiting a network of \u201cbeacon\u201d schools among those that use our content, and we will conduct rigorous data analysis of the results.<\/p>\n<p>Harris Multi-Academy Trust, which has just signed up to the programme, is excited about the skills, confidence and social mobility that their students will garner. \u201cFor the 43,000 students we serve \u2014 many from the most socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds \u2014 financial literacy isn\u2019t just helpful, it\u2019s essential,\u201d says Sir Dan Moynihan, chief executive of the Harris Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile FLIC\u2019s large-scale adult programme, which in 2024 began with a powerful collaboration with the Royal Marines, has now been expanded to cover the other armed forces. A potentially vast partnership with the NHS is gaining momentum, too.<\/p>\n<p>Funding this wealth of work is not cheap, and has only been possible thus far thanks to the support of FT readers. As well as pledging a one-off or multiyear gift, you can bid for lunch with one of our star journalists. To supercharge your donations this year, credit information group Experian is kindly match-funding the appeal. Thank you in advance for your generosity.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This article is part of the FT Financial Literacy &amp; Inclusion Campaign\u2019s <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>seasonal appeal<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>. The appeal is supported by lead partner Experian which is generously match-funding other donations.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/be8e3e94-aea9-442b-859f-9b043b54944d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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