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, […]
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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
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Stuart Andrew MP, the Minister currently responsible for sport, gambling, civil society, and equalities, has encouraged the #OperationTransparency campaign to “continue to engage” with the Charity Commission on trustee diversity and data transparency. Responding to a letter from the campaign asking DCMS to represent our concerns over the charity diversity data gap to the Charity Commission, Andrew
Data from Money4YOU’s international programme show an overwhelmingly positive response from participants and a high level of impact. More than four in five past participants say their business venture is now progressing “well” or “very well,” after training events that significantly increased knowledge and confidence on five vital aspects of entrepreneurship and facilitated networking and
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Money4YOU is set to transform the UK charity sector with Dragons Den 2023. The groundbreaking event aims to allocate an unprecedented £200,000 in grants to BAMER-led non-profits, prototyping pathways to redress historic power imbalances and create a wave of change. On 20th October 2023, the power to award grants will rest with those who work
LONDON, July 20, 2023 – Money4YOU has launched BAMER HUB 2.0, the digital resilience platform designed to strengthen and grow Black, Asian, Multi-Ethnic, and Refugee (BAMER)-led charities, community groups, and social enterprises. Offering a range of free capacity-building resources, BAMER HUB 2.0 comes with improved features tailored specifically to address the needs of BAMER nonprofits
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Our AI-focused Innovation Hub event at Linklaters HQ on Friday 2nd June covered the need-to-know aspects of recent developments in AI for BAMER-led non-profits. Alongside the event, we decided to test the chatbots’ performance on basic fundraising questions around prospecting for trusts and foundations. ”Out of the six funding programmes Bard recommended, only one actually exists. Given that the
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) providers skyrocketed in popularity during the pandemic. Makes sense, right? Out of necessity, a lot of shopping moved online and retailers became more adventurous with their customer experiences. In 2019 one of the industry’s biggest disruptors, Klarna, was valued at $5.5 bn; by 2021 it had reached $46 bn. PayPal, Afterpay, Affirm, Sezzle, and dozens of
The majority of our ninth season of the Bonsai Briefs podcast has explored debt: how to avoid getting into uncontrolled debt, understanding its risks, and budgeting to ensure you can pay it back. There’s a lot to unpack, so keep reading. Subscribe to the BonsaiBriefs Podcast for daily money tips! Register for our Upcoming event on the 22nd of June 2023 – How to Save
What is Dragons Den? Since 2012, Carol Akiwumi MBE, CEO and Founder of Money4YOU, has convened the annual Dragons Den event. It’s named after the BBC TV show, and brings an audience of Black, Asian, multi-ethnic, and refugee (BAMER)-led non-profits together with grant-makers to pitch for grants, network, and celebrate the work of the BAMER-led voluntary sector. Yeukai from Active Horizons with the organisation’s £10,000