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St Benedict's School - Budgeting for beginners
- info091334
- Mar 6, 2019
- 1 min read
Stuart and Adrian spent the whole of Friday at St Benedict's school, Whitehaven where the school children had the opportunity to learn more about the Foodbank; what we do and why we do it. They were also taught the value of budgeting (the photo above shows branded (LHS) and non-branded (RHS) foods). The branded food costs more than double the non-branded items! Blind taste testing showed how difficult it was to tell the difference between some of the items.
This logo was painted on the school corridor wall and says it all.
What a fantastic program! Teaching budgeting through real-life examples gives students practical skills they'll use well beyond the classroom. I sometimes use Muse Image Generator personal finance illustrations to visualize educational concepts and make learning more accessible. It's great to see schools investing in financial education alongside academic success.
This is such a valuable initiative for young people. Learning how to budget and manage money early can make a huge difference in building confidence and developing lifelong financial skills. I also enjoy creating educational content with Muse Video Generator financial literacy explainers</a> to make practical topics like budgeting more engaging. Thanks for supporting students with these important lessons!
this is a practical and important lesson for students. comparing branded and non-branded foods through a blind taste test is a clever way to teach budgeting. it makes the concept of value tangible. the work foodbanks do in schools to build this understanding early is really valuable. thanks for sharing this example from st benedict's. AI Image Editor
Such important work in schools. On the digital side — North Lakes' school resources page is genuinely useful, and a lot of smaller foodbanks under the Trussell network would benefit from something similar. I help small UK charities rebuild their resource pages and using a design-to-code tool has made it realistic to ship a clean teacher-resources hub in an evening from a Figma mockup. The St Benedict's lesson is the kind of content that deserves wider reach. Diolch i chi.
What a brilliant lesson — the branded vs. non-branded blind taste test is exactly the kind of hands-on activity that actually sticks with kids. I help with comms for a food bank down south and we recently used an AI image generator to create friendly, non-stigmatising illustrations for our school workshops (stock photos for food poverty are uniformly bleak). Made the materials feel a lot more inviting for young audiences. Thanks Stuart and Adrian for the work you're doing in Whitehaven.