Stepladder
A tailor made online programme for young people in care to build financial knowledge, budgeting and discover their future financial options!
Stepladder has 6 Steps, shows your progress as you work through each step.
The programme is open to all 18 -25 year olds who have been in care for 12 consecutive months or more. We encourage young people if they need help with the Stepladder course to ask a key adult, this could be a teacher, support worker, foster carer or social worker. You can get help from Natasha at The Share Foundation too on 01296 310405.
A mentor is really useful when you get to Step 6 as they can support you finding further education, training, or employment.
Here are the steps:
- Financial Literacy – help build up your financial knowledge
- Budgeting – help improve your knowledge of budgeting
- Making my Money Work – help you to think about how to use your money
- Plans for the future – Writing your plans and goals for the future
- Managing my Money – 16 podcasts with lots of money info
- Mentoring - securing future education, employment or training, with individual help
Benefits for young people
- Save while you learn – take the steps, make the money!
- Easy learning, anytime, anywhere! All you need is internet connection, then work at your own pace, measure your progress, and be rewarded for completing each step.
- Learn how to manage your money as a life skill
- Start planning for your future and get a personal mentor
- Consider becoming a mentor for the Stepladder of Achievement for someone else in the future.
If you have any technical or learning problems with Stepladder, you can contact Natasha, the Programme Manager, on 01296 310405 from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.