How to Budget Like a Pro
Budgeting is an essential skill that everyone should learn. It helps you manage your finances, save money, and achieve your financial goals. However, many people find budgeting overwhelming and challenging. In this blog post, we will discuss how to budget like a pro and provide tips to help you get started. Getting Started Before you […]
How to Set SMART Financial Goals for a New Year: A Guide for Young People
As we start a new year, the prospect of setting financial goals can be both exciting and overwhelming, especially for those navigating the dynamic landscape of their late teens and early twenties. Setting money goals is a crucial part of handling your finances, but let’s be real—it can be a bit tricky, especially for young […]
2023: A Year in Review
Welcome to the retrospective of 2023, a year marked by delivery, inspiration and success! We’ve spent the past 12 months closely focusing on delivering our strategic goals. Through big steps and small efforts alike we have been pushing towards achieving our objectives both in the UK and Africa. Watch the video and read on for […]
Dragons Den 2023: Fostering Diverse Entrepreneurship and Driving Social Change
Dragons Den 2023, looking back, was an undeniable success, and we were thrilled to have Jeff Green join us as our keynote speaker. His insights and perspectives were a highlight, inspiring our audience and further elevating our mission of fostering diverse entrepreneurship. Jeff’s journey, which started in India and led to his roles in investment […]
Press Release– Dragons Den: 13 October 2023
Press Release– Money4YOU Announces 2023 Dragons Den Event: A Collaborative Endeavour to Eradicate Economic Inequalities [London, 13.10.23] — Money4YOU, a pioneering community-led organisation committed to eliminating economic disparities through financial education, is excited to announce its annual Dragons Den event on Friday, October 20, 2023. This event, now in its 11th year, continues to be […]
AVOCADO+ Lite and Innovation Hubs: Participants rate training as ‘excellent’
AVOCADO+ Lite training programme feedback The evaluation results for AVOCADO+ Lite were similar to AVOCADO+ in that attendees rated trainers’ knowledge and interaction highest amongst all aspects of the training, and the clearest space for improvement was training materials. A Flourish chart Participants’ favourite parts of the programme Positive responses focused on the fundamentals of the training programme: the structure, content of the sessions, and the trainers. They […]
AVOCADO+ 2022-23: “A turning point in our journey
We’re delighted that twelve brilliant BAMER-led non-profit organisations completed the AVOCADO+ Accelerator Programme in 2022-23: Active Horizons, Ashoks Vision, Breadline London, Bridging Barriers, Da’aro Youth Project, Minority Matters, FAST London, Five X More, Get Rid of and Donate, Out & Proud African LGBTI, Santé Refugee Mental Health Access Project, and Soccology. Sarah Robson, Project Lead at Da’aro Youth Project, said: “Since we were awarded the first prize from the Money4YOU grant in […]
Pitch to Win a Grant at Dragons Den 2023!
New Funding Opportunities We’re thrilled to introduce a fantastic £90,000 grant opportunity available to distribute at the event, dedicated to supporting BAMER-led nonprofits that make a positive impact on Londoners. Who Can Apply to Pitch? If you’re part of a BAMER-led nonprofit with projects supporting Londoners and have an innovative project that needs funding, we encourage you […]
Our Youth programme impact in the first half of 2023
BonsaïMoney podcast We’re happy to announce a significant increase in podcast plays: we broke the 1,000 mark within the first half of this year! Our growing library of accessible, engaging financial literacy content for young people has clearly delivered on its aims, with the majority of podcast plays on any given day coming from previous episodes, […]
Finance Finesse: Avoiding the Crunch in a Cost-of-Living Crisis.
Students and young people are typically thought of as being in a more secure position during a recession, with not as many overheads as older adults with mortgages or children, for example. A recession means the Bank of England has had negative growth for two quarters of the financial year. Recently, however, there has been […]