Young Adults: Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)
Visit the Young People and Money website to access resources and information about our free one day training course to support you in your work to help young people make sense of their money.
Reaching Young Adults
Young adults face more responsibilities and challenges than ever. They now bear more of the costs of their education, they can borrow large sums of money, and they must do more to plan for the future. But the Financial Capability Survey shows they have lower financial capability than other groups, even allowing for their lower incomes and relative inexperience of financial institutions. Young adults do, however, want financial education: 94% of 16-year-olds believe it is important to learn how to manage their money.
Reaching young adults is essential, but it is also notoriously challenging. Our solution is to work through the organisations they know and trust. These organisations generally recognise the need to help young clients make sense of money, but their front-line workers often lack the tools, training and confidence needed to do this. So, we have worked with leading organisations in the field to find ways to meet these challenges.