Tinchy Stryder heads back to school to deliver lessons in personal finance
Source: pfeg
10 Mar 10
Tinchy Stryder, who self-financed his first album before becoming 2009’s biggest selling male artist, is backing the Government’s My Money programme to deliver personal finance in schools.
The 20 year old, who has topped the charts twice, went back to school today to join teachers in delivering a special personal finance lesson at St Matthew Academy in Lewisham, London.
Born and educated in East London, Tinchy knows all too well about the importance of early financial management skills having founded his own clothing label and more recently his own record label all before the age of 21. He had to learn the lessons of personal finance himself as he rose to fame and wishes that he had learnt the basics whilst at school.
Tinchy said: “Many young people have big dreams about their future, just as I did when I was younger. I had to work hard to make the money I needed to make those dreams come true. I’m so pleased to be supporting the My Money programme as I think it’s really important that kids get taught about personal finance from an early age. I hope schools and young people across the country get on board with the My Money initiative, sign up to My Money Week and put personal finance firmly on the agenda.”
At the school, Tinchy demonstrated his teaching skills in the classroom and asked pupils to join him in his own personal finance lesson where he offered valuable tips to the youngsters about handling money.
Martin Nirsimloo, Deputy Head Teacher of St Matthew Academy said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to have Tinchy here to highlight the importance of personal finance to our young people. The pupils at St Matthew have been very engaged with lessons on personal finance recently and we hope that Tinchy’s involvement will only enhance this further.”
Wendy van den Hende, Chief Executive of financial education charity pfeg, said: “We think Tinchy is a great ambassador for My Money and we are thrilled to have him on board. We hope that his involvement will drive interest in this year’s My Money Week and that more teachers and schools take note of the importance of embedding personal finance into the curriculum.”
Tinchy will also be lending his artistic eye to the My Money judging panel by joining pfeg for the judging of their national competition. The competition which closes on 2nd April 2010 will see schools across the country compete against one another in an artistic challenge for cash prizes. The winning entries will be announced during My Money Week, a focal point in the teaching calendar that will see thousands of primary and secondary schools delivering specially themed financial education lessons. It will take place from the 28th June – 4th July 2010.
My Money resources are available to help deliver personal finance lessons throughout the year as well as a downloadable guide for parents and an interactive game, allowing young people to explore different stages of life whilst competing with each other to solve virtual financial challenges
To find out more or order resources visit the links below or call 020 73309 470.
