Financial Education and the UN Sustainability Development Goals

Effective financial education should help us feel confident with money, how it helps us and how it impacts the world around us. Sometimes this means addressing challenging topics like inequality and justice. Explore how our free LifeSavers program for UK primary schools aligns with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

1 – No Poverty

 Financial education helps reduce poverty by empowering individuals with the knowledge and skills to manage their finances, build savings, and make informed economic decisions that meet their personal needs and circumstances. LifeSavers provides free digital and printable resources that aim to provide all children with an equal baseline understanding of money, regardless of where they live, personal circumstances or learning needs. 

3 – Good health and well-being

Money impacts every aspect of our lives, including mental health and wellbeing. Our LifeSavers resources help explore how money affects emotions and the difference between needs and wants. This helps children protect their well-being and make healthy financial choices based on their needs and values.

4 – Quality Education

Every child, regardless of where they live or learning needs, has the right to quality financial education. By offering LifeSavers financial education for free, the programme contributes to promoting equitable access to education, aligning with SDG 4's goal of ensuring inclusive and quality education for all.

5 – Gender Equality

By improving financial literacy and decision-making skills, financial education can empower women to take control of their financial futures and make informed choices about their money. This can lead to greater economic independence, autonomy, and agency for women. LifeSavers helps children discover core money concepts as well as critical thinking and confidence to make money choices in their own lives.

9 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Financial education empowers children with knowledge, confidence and critical thinking to navigate our quickly changing world. Throughout our LifeSavers resources, we aim to equip children with an understanding of where money comes from. Our Milo’s Money storybook also explores money management and entrepreneurship.

13 – Climate Action

Financial education equips children with the knowledge and skills to identify, assess, and manage climate-related risks in their financial decision-making processes. By integrating values into LifeSavers financial education, children learn to make choices that not only benefit themselves but also reflect their commitment to making a positive impact on the world around them.

Want to learn more about how schools can promote financial literacy that align with the UN Sustainability Development Goals? Join us for a free webinar on 26th September by registering now at https://t.co/bMyYbToF08.

Interested in signing up your school to our FREE LifeSavers programme – talk to our expert education team for more information.