Every year in November, we run our Talk Money Week awareness campaign to encourage you to be more open about money with your friends and family and help you get advice from experts if needed.
What’s in this guide
Having conversations about money can seem awkward. It can feel like a taboo subject, but it needn’t be. From pocket money to pensions, Talk Money Week is an opportunity to start building money conversations into everyday life.
Why do we run Talk Money Week?
We all have money worries. Our research shows that one in three of us say thinking about our financial situation makes us worried. Unsurprisingly, those of us who lost income due to the pandemic are more likely to have lost confidence in our ability to manage money. There are simple steps you can take to address uncertainties and improve your financial wellbeing. We can help you do that.
Talking about money with friends, family, children — or experts if necessary — can help you feel more confident in managing your money and give you greater financial resilience to deal with future income changes or life events that affect your finances. We also encourage building healthy relationships with money from a young age. Our research has shown that almost a third of parents and carers don’t talk to their kids openly about money, missing out on an opportunity to help with children’s vital early understanding.
Getting children engaged with fun, age-appropriate money challenges is easy to do.
We’ve got plenty of tips and ideas in our guide How to teach kids about money and our Talk Learn Do activities
How can I get involved?
You can start by simply having a conversation about money. If you and your partner have different attitudes to money, our guide Talking to your partner about money, can help. If you’ve been putting off having an awkward conversation about money with a friend, then read our guide Talking with friends about money.
Join the wider conversation on social media at any time of the year and search for the hashtag #TalkMoney to take part
Do One Thing
This year’s campaign takes place 6-10 November 2023. We’re encouraging people all over the UK to ‘Do One Thing’ that could help improve their financial wellbeing – and to make a noise about it, to inspire others to do the same.
It doesn’t need to be huge. In fact, it could be as simple as checking the address on a pension, talking to a child about pocket money or using one of our free tools or calculators.
All that matters is that we get people talking about money, together.
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