Teaching young people to make confident financial decisions
pixel-curator began in a Birmingham community centre in 2019. Our founder, having spent fifteen years in financial services, noticed something troubling: adults consistently made the same preventable money mistakes. Credit card debt, no emergency savings, poor pension planning. The patterns repeated across income levels and education backgrounds.
The root cause was clear. Nobody had taught these people how money actually works when they were young enough to build good habits. Schools covered algebra and Shakespeare, but not compound interest or budgeting basics. Parents, often struggling with their own financial gaps, passed on anxiety rather than knowledge.
We decided to intervene earlier. Starting with weekend workshops for local families, we developed methods that made financial concepts click for young minds. Within a year, schools began requesting our programmes. Today, we work with over forty educational institutions across the West Midlands while continuing direct family education.
Habits formed between ages seven and eighteen persist into adulthood. Teaching financial skills during these years yields lifetime returns.
Telling young people to save money rarely works. Letting them experience saving, spending, and choosing creates genuine understanding.
Every career, every household, every life stage involves money decisions. This knowledge belongs in every curriculum, not just for future bankers.
We provide subsidised programmes to schools in underserved communities because every child deserves financial confidence.
Our educators combine financial services backgrounds with teaching qualifications. Each team member has worked directly with young people and understands how to translate complex concepts into age-appropriate lessons.
Founder & Lead Educator
Schools Partnership Manager
Youth Programme Developer
We are proud members of the Financial Capability Forum and work alongside Birmingham City Council's youth initiatives to expand financial education access across the region.
Our work has been featured in Birmingham Live, BBC West Midlands, and the Times Educational Supplement. We hold Ofsted-recognised quality standards and maintain DBS checks for all staff working with young people.
Partner organisations include Birmingham Education Partnership, the Money Advice Service, and several local credit unions who support our mission to build financially capable communities.
We work with primary and secondary schools across the West Midlands.
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