Stop Loan Sharks: Lessons About Keeping Your Money Safe

For primary schools, the resource includes lessons about keeping your money safe, where does money come from and the difference between need and want.  It also introduces the idea of saving and looks at issues around borrowing and lending possessions and money.  There is an engaging cartoon, teacher guidance and class activity sheets in the pack.

The activities can be delivered in many areas of the curriculum such as mathematics, numeracy, literacy,
drama, and PSHE and build on many of the core learning objectives in the Young Enterprise Financial Education Planning Framework (3-11). 

The Illegal Money Lending Team have evidenced that using loan sharks is cyclical in families; if children can be educated about the dangers of loan sharks, and provide them with better money management skills, the devastation they cause to families and communities can be stopped.