Volunteering in schools
Your opportunity to share your financial expertise with schools local to you.
Use Your Expertise volunteer"The most rewarding thing for me was planting some seeds of knowledge to help these teenagers think before getting into debt"
Overview of the programme
pfeg’s volunteering programme brings the expertise of people working in the financial sector directly into the classroom to benefit young people in schools and education environments.
The programme was started in 2006 by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) in partnership with pfeg in order to explore how volunteers with a finance background could work alongside teachers to enhance their personal finance education.
ICAEW's members have been volunteering in schools, helping to deliver long lasting benefits to young people. In the last couple of years organisations like the Personal Finance Society have also joined the scheme, and we are continually looking to grow the programme by involving more organisations.
How it works
pfeg match schools who want to input from financial experts, with volunteers local to them.
The programme is facilitated by pfeg from start to finish, from processing volunteer CRB checks, training, targeted marketing to schools local to volunteers, providing ongoing advice and guidance and materials and gathering evaluation.
Schools request volunteers through pfeg, then these opportunities are advertised to appropriate volunteers. Once a 'match' has been made, the teacher and volunteer work together to plan and deliver lessons or events to pupils in the most rewarding way possible.
Are you an organisation who could support this programme?
We are always looking to increase the number of volunteers who can offer their time to help young people in financial education, to enable us to provide a nationwide volunteering service to schools.
Use Your Expertise will:
- Give volunteers the opportunity to work with young people in a challenging, fun and rewarding way
- Enhance your profile and raise awareness of your organisation’s contribution to financial education and corporate responsibility
- Help you build relationships with schools will help you build a stronger presence in your local community.
- Help improve the quality of personal finance education to create more skilled, knowledgeable and confident young people, which is essential for them to take part fully in society
If you are an organisation that has financial experts, and you think you can help, please contact Michaela on michaela.kirsop-holdford@pfeg.org or 020 7330 9474 to discuss how it could work for you.
