My Money Week is 15–19 June 2026 — a UK-wide moment for getting children confident with money. Whether your child’s school marks it or not, here’s how to bring the same six skills home: earn, save, spend wisely, budget, spot scams, plan ahead.
Five days, six modules. Run them at home in the order shown, or pick the ones that fit your family. By Friday, your child has picked one small money habit to keep going — their Money Pledge for the month.
Where money comes from. Time + skill + value. Money is a swap, not magic.
The Two Jars game: SPEND NOW vs SAVE FOR LATER. Future-you thanks present-you.
The wants-vs-needs sort. The single most useful idea in money. Argue it out.
The £100 family-budget challenge. Real maths, real surprises, real choices.
Each child writes one small money habit they’ll keep going for a month.
Money confidence doesn’t come from one school week — it comes from what happens at the supermarket, at the cashpoint, and around the dinner table, day after day. Four practices that will outlast My Money Week. Mapped to the Future Skills Passport.
Most children think money “just appears” from a card or a phone. The biggest unlock is helping them see money as a swap for someone’s time, skill or effort. It’s the foundation everything else is built on.
Saving on its own feels like deprivation. Saving as part of a three-jar split — SPEND, SAVE, SHARE — feels like control. It’s the simplest framework children grasp instantly and use for decades.
The single most useful idea your child will learn this year. Once a child can name the difference, every shop trip, advert and pester-power moment becomes a thinking moment instead of a feeling moment.
Children are growing up surrounded by in-game purchases, “limited offers” and influencer ads. The skill isn’t avoiding it — it’s seeing the trick. Once you can see it, it loses most of its power.
You don’t need a finance degree, a perfect family budget, or a savings spreadsheet. You just need these four small adjustments to how you talk about money around your child.
The biggest gift you can give your child financially is a home where money is normal to discuss — not shameful, not secret. Talk about why something costs what it does. Share that you’re saving for X. Money chats build money confidence.
When you make a money decision, narrate it. “We’re not buying that one because we already have a coat — that’s a want, not a need.” Children copy reasoning more than they copy rules.
Money habits are unsexy on purpose. The same three jars every week. The same “let’s think about it for a day” rule. Predictability beats willpower — and it builds the muscle that lasts decades.
10p saved. One want spotted at the shop. A scam they questioned without you prompting. Name it. Acknowledge it. Confidence with money is a stack of tiny moments — not a one-off lecture.
Use any one of these on the school run, over dinner, or at bedtime this week. Print them, screenshot them, or just remember the one that grabs you.
If you had £5 right now, what would you do with it — and why?
What’s one thing you’d save up for if you really wanted it?
Can you name one thing you’d buy that’s a need? And one that’s a want?
What’s a job a grown-up does that you think is really useful? Why?
Have you ever seen something online that wanted you to buy it really fast? What did you do?
If our family had £10 to share with someone who needed it, who would you choose?
Most parents weren’t taught much about money themselves — and that makes the “what do I even say?” feeling completely normal. The good news: starting any conversation is what matters, not having all the answers. Three free UK services that can help:
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