Risk and Reward

This interactive CD-ROM supports the development of financial capability in enterprise education. It gives young people the opportunity to take on a real business challenge, using an events management scenario, and encourages them to think through the financial risks they encounter along the way. Students have to make choices about how to set up their business, decide how many staff to employ and how to the market their event. By using an online bank account and weekly sales report they can monitor their income and expenditure, and change their strategy as the weeks progress in order to make the event successful.

The resource could be used by individual students or as part of group or whole class work. The CD-ROM includes teachers’ notes that are available in both word and PDF formats. These include a resource map with screen shots, teacher tips, and advice and guidance about how Risk and Reward can contribute to personal finance education, enterprise education and elements of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) framework for work-related learning.

Please note: This resource has been produced by pfeg, and has been independently reviewed to the pfeg quality mark standards used to assess the quality of teaching resources across the UK.