Financial literacy education · Ages 5 to 17+

Money skills young people actually remember.

Chill & Trade with Kay is a gamified financial literacy programme for schools, colleges, universities, youth clubs and community organisations. Learners build real-world money skills: budgeting, saving, protecting what matters, investing wisely and understanding how markets work. Every session is packed with games, quizzes and real-life simulations, led by a qualified educator and FCA-regulated protection adviser.

● Every session is taught live by Miss Kay, in person or online. No pre-recorded videos.

Why starting young matters

Start at 11: £70,645 Start at 25: £32,978

£5 a week saved until age 65, with 5% growth a year. An illustration of compound growth, not a prediction. Starting at 11 means paying in £3,640 more, but ending with more than double.

47%

Fewer than half of UK children aged 7 to 17 receive a meaningful financial education at home or at school.

Money and Pensions Service, Financial Foundations survey (published June 2023)
The financial literacy gap

Most young people leave education without the money skills they need.

The gap starts early and follows people into adult life. The UK's national target is for two million more children to receive a meaningful financial education by 2030. Your organisation can help close it.

In childhood

What young people get today
5.4m

UK children estimated to be missing out on a meaningful financial education.

MaPS, 2023
23%

of children recall financial education at school that they found useful.

MaPS, 2023
Age 7

By this age, most children's money habits have already formed.

University of Cambridge for the Money Advice Service, 2013
44%

of children from lower-income homes get a meaningful financial education, compared with 50% from higher-income homes.

MaPS, 2023

In adulthood

Where the gap shows up later
86%

of UK adults say they never received financial education at school. 75% wish they had.

Santander UK / Ipsos, December 2025
8.1m

UK adults need debt advice. More than half of them (55%) are aged just 18 to 34.

MaPS Debt Need Survey, February 2024
1 in 4

UK adults have low financial resilience, and 1 in 10 have no cash savings at all.

FCA Financial Lives survey 2024, published May 2025
40%

of adults answered a basic inflation question correctly, although 71% feel confident with money.

Santander UK / Ipsos, December 2025

12.6 million UK adults are at financial risk today. Financial literacy is a life skill, and the best time to learn it is while young.

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Sources for these figures
  1. Money and Pensions Service: Less than half of UK children have been taught about money (14 June 2023)
  2. Money and Pensions Service: Eight million people need debt advice (29 February 2024)
  3. Financial Conduct Authority: One in ten have no cash savings, Financial Lives 2024 (16 May 2025)
  4. Santander UK: Three-fifths of UK adults fail basic money question (4 December 2025)
  5. Yorkshire Post: Children's money habits formed by age of seven, reporting University of Cambridge research for the Money Advice Service (May 2013)
The Chill & Trade success formula

Learn it. Practise it. Apply it. Then teach it.

Every session follows the same four-step learning cycle, so knowledge turns into confident action. Our goal is for every learner to understand a money concept well enough to teach it to someone at home.

STEP 1

Learn

Powerful money concepts explained simply, from needs and wants to how investing works.

STEP 2

Practise

Quizzes, team challenges and games make every idea stick.

STEP 3

Apply

Real-life simulations such as the Family Wealth Challenge, where every decision has consequences.

STEP 4

Grow

Home missions, Wealth Points and certificates build confidence and lasting habits.

Age-appropriate pathways

One programme, pitched right for every learner.

AGES 5–11

Junior Wealth Builders

12 sessions

A playful 12-session journey with Wealthy William, Benny the Bull and Barry the Bear. Movement-based games mean even non-readers can take part.

  • What money is, and needs vs wants
  • Saving, goal-setting and patience
  • Making smart spending choices
  • Why prices go up and down
AGES 12–17

Future Wealth Builders

12 sessions

A structured 12-session journey that builds real financial capability, from protecting a family's money to understanding how investing and markets work.

  • Budgeting, emergency funds and protection
  • Wills, inheritance and generational wealth
  • How the stock market and investing work
  • Managing risk, emotions and money decisions
16+ · COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY

Wealth Ninjas for Independent Life

Flexible · single workshops to full courses

Practical sessions for students about to manage wages, loans and bills on their own for the first time.

  • Budgeting, saving and emergency funds
  • Credit, debt and avoiding money traps
  • Spotting get-rich-quick hype online
  • Pensions, investing and long-term planning
Ages 12–17 · 12-session journey

What our first cohort covered, stage by stage

Each stage builds on the last. Earlier skills come back in quizzes and games, so learning is revisited, not forgotten.

SESSIONS 1–2

Money and protection

The Family Wealth Challenge: protect £500,000 over 20 years of life events. Then what money is, the different types of money, and why prices move.

SESSIONS 3–4

How investing works

Supply and demand, how news and emotions affect prices, and reading the story a price chart tells.

SESSIONS 5–8

Smart decisions

Miss Kay's 10 Rules: set limits, never use money you need, track results and follow a plan, not feelings.

SESSIONS 9–12

Practise safely

Regulated providers, why adults must give permission, the 1–2% risk rule, practice with pretend money, then graduation.

Inside a session

High-energy, high-engagement, high-value.

These are real slides from our sessions. Every session is taught live by Miss Kay, never pre-recorded, and designed to keep learners talking, competing and thinking critically about money.

Quizzes every sessionQuick knowledge checks show understanding in real time.
Real-life simulationsLearners make family money decisions and live with the consequences.
Home missionsWeekly challenges, such as interviewing a parent or carer about money.
Certificates of achievementEvery graduate is recognised for growth, discipline and confidence.
Example parent update after a session, showing Wealth Points earned, quiz score, savings in the Chill and Trade Bank and what the learner covered. The learner's name is blurred.
Parents kept in the loop

A progress update after every session

Parents and carers receive a personal update after each live session, so the learning carries on at home.

  • Wealth Points earned and quiz score
  • Points saved in the Chill and Trade Bank, earning weekly interest
  • What their child learned that day
  • The week's home mission
What families say

Parents see the difference.

Feedback from parents of learners in our first cohorts.

It's been amazing to see the high level of engagement and absorption of knowledge, given the subject matter. Well done team. We appreciate you.
Parent of twins
It was so engaging and interactive, and my son absolutely loved it! If I'm honest, I wasn't sure how it would go at first, but it worked out so well. You've given them a wonderful starting point and encouraged them to continue learning, exploring and seeing the world from a different perspective.
Parent of a young learner
My 8-year-old son has been attending these sessions and he absolutely loves it. Miss Kay explains using analogies and multimedia, games and quizzes, so the young people are able to grasp and understand the concepts.
Parent of an 8-year-old learner
Two young learners at a kitchen table completing a home mission on their laptops
Home mission in progress: two learners practising what they learned in session.
Breakfast with a Chill & Trade mug.
Who we work with

Built to support your priorities.

We work with schools, colleges, universities and organisations across the UK that support children, young people and families. Choose yours to see how Chill & Trade with Kay fits your goals.

Primary and secondary schools

A ready-made financial literacy programme that strengthens personal development and gives pupils knowledge many will not get at home.

  • Supports the financial education strands of Citizenship and PSHE (economic wellbeing)
  • Evidences personal development, character education and cultural capital
  • Brings maths to life through percentages, interest and real-world data
  • Flexible for after-school clubs, enrichment weeks, drop-down days or assemblies
  • Parent engagement built in through home missions and family conversations
Aligns with
Financial literacyPSHE & CitizenshipPersonal developmentCharacter educationCultural capitalEnrichmentPupil Premium prioritiesParental engagementRaising aspirations
Responsible by design

Safeguarding and good practice come first.

Teaching young people about money carries a responsibility. Protection and discipline are taught before anything else.

Education, not adviceEvery session is clearly framed as education. We never tell learners what to buy or sell.
Pretend money onlyLearners practise with pretend money. No real money is ever needed to take part.
Adults give permissionWe teach that a parent or guardian must give permission before any real financial account is used.
Protection taught firstEmergency funds, spending limits and "never use money you need" are core lessons.
Age-appropriate contentSeparate pathways for 5–11 and 12–17, with complex topics reserved for older learners.
Families kept informedQuiz links and home missions are shared with parents and carers so learning continues at home.
Kaydian Parris (Miss Kay), lead educator at Chill & Trade with Kay
Kaydian Parris (Miss Kay)Lead Educator
Meet Miss Kay

A qualified educator and regulated financial professional.

Miss Kay's journey began in Jamaica and brought her to the UK, carrying values of integrity and determination passed down from her grandmother. She has spent more than 20 years working with communities and now brings her professional expertise into classrooms.

Learners know Miss Kay for her infectious energy. She teaches through stories, analogies, games and friendly competition, so every child gets involved. Above all, she is brilliant at building confidence, helping young people believe that money skills and wealth are for them too.

"Together, we can build lasting legacies and generational wealth, not just for ourselves, but for those who will follow."

  • BA (Hons) Teaching, Education & Management
  • FCA-regulated Protection Adviser
  • Legacy and Generational Wealth Consultant
  • Life Skills Coach and Mentor
  • FGC Co-ordinator for government organisations
  • Business Consultant and CEO
  • Property and Serviced Accommodation expert
  • Over 20 years working with communities
  • Adult and children's trading teacher
  • Experienced working with children with SEN
  • Proud mum
Flexible delivery

Bespoke packages shaped around you.

Every partnership is tailored to your learners, timetable and budget. Popular formats include:

Single workshopsA high-impact session for a class or year group.
6-week taster courseThe essentials of money, saving, protection and risk.
12-week full programmeThe complete journey, ending in a graduation.
Enrichment & drop-down daysFull-day challenges, competitions and simulations.
After-school & holiday clubsWeekly clubs or intensive holiday programmes.
Parent & family workshopsBring families into the conversation about money.
Assemblies & year-group talksInspiring introductions to financial literacy.
In person or live onlineAlways taught live by Miss Kay, on site or online. Never pre-recorded.
FREE · NO OBLIGATION

See the impact for yourself with a free taster session.

We'll deliver a free taster session for your learners or students so you can experience the programme first-hand. Then we'll talk through a bespoke package that fits your goals.

  1. Get in touchTell us about your organisation and your learners.
  2. Discovery callA short conversation about your priorities, group size and timings.
  3. Your free taster sessionTaught live by Miss Kay, in person or online, at no cost.
  4. Your bespoke proposalA tailored package with clear outcomes and pricing.
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0208 050 5487
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Tell us about your organisation in our short booking form. It takes about two minutes, and we'll be in touch to arrange a discovery call.

  • Your organisation and learners
  • Group size and age range
  • In person or live online
  • Your goals and preferred dates
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