Barclays LifeSkills provides educators with access to free online interactive resources, ready-made lessons and work experience opportunities. There are also tools, guides and films that young people can use independently or with their families.
Educators can select from 100+ hours of free curriculum linked financial education resources designed to fit into timetables, including a suite of lessons adapted for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and children in care.
Top tips
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LifeSkills is used most effectively when built into the school or college’s progressive careers programme.
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Link to a programme of meaningful encounters to further embed learning and skills development.
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The programme also supports other benchmarks alongside benchmarks 4 and 6 – see how these links can be made here.
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Further information
These resources cover topics from building confidence, identifying strengths, key money skills, and developing the core transferable skills that employers need – to the practical elements of writing a CV and shining in an interview.