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Managing Your Money

Managing Your Money

Starz Academy • Managing Your Money

Money skills your child can actually use this week

Parents want structure. Kids want progress. This page turns budgeting, saving, and smart spending into a simple “mission” game — connected to Starz Academy, mentoring, and accreditation.

Tip: your progress saves automatically on this device.

Your Money Level

Complete missions to earn badges and build a real portfolio.

XP: 0
Progress 0%
Budget Builder Make a plan in 3 minutes
Smart Spender Spot needs vs wants
Savings Starter Pick a goal + timeline
Evidence Pack Use for accreditation
Needs
pay essentials first
Wants
spend with control
Save
build habits + goals
Grow
invest mindset (age-ready)
Parent-friendly structure

The 3 “Money Jars” your child can run

This is a simple system kids understand fast. It also mirrors the business thinking inside Starz Academy — profit, reinvestment, and decision-making.

Essentials

Needs Jar

Saving for essentials: school items, travel, basic supplies, and commitments.

Lifestyle

Wants Jar

Fun spending that stays within limits — so money doesn’t “disappear”.

Future

Save & Grow Jar

A goal jar for saving, reinvesting in a small venture, or learning safe investing ideas.

How this connects across Starz

Same ecosystem, different step — parents can move between pages easily.

Game Mode

Money Missions (save + return anytime)

These missions are designed for ages 7–17 with parent support where needed. Mentors can use this as a weekly or monthly structure.

Complete missions to earn XP

Needs vs Wants Scan

Pick 5 items you want to buy this month. Sort them into “needs” and “wants” and explain why.

Price Check Challenge

Compare the same item in 2 places (shop vs online). Write down what changed: delivery, quality, size, brand.

Build a Weekly Money Plan

Use the Budget Builder below and choose a jar split that fits your life right now.

Goal & Timeline

Pick a goal (e.g., £40). Decide how long you want it to take. Save the plan.

Mini Money Reflection

Write 3 sentences: “I used to think… Now I think… Next week I will…”

Badge unlocked: Money Manager — use this as evidence for accreditation.

Want this guided? Mentors can run these missions as weekly check-ins and connect your child’s work into the Starz course.

Your Mission Progress

This updates live as you tick missions.

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Tool

Budget Builder (simple + realistic)

This helps parents translate “money talk” into clear decisions. It also feeds directly into Pitch for Investment and Accreditation evidence.

Enter the numbers

If the numbers don’t add up, we’ll show what needs adjusting.

Your results

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money left after plan
plan status
Needs
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Wants
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Goal Tracker

Set a savings goal and get a realistic timeline (saved on this device).

Tip: you can pull this from “Save & Grow” in the Budget Builder.

weeks to reach goal
estimated target date
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Mentor-Ready Evidence Pack

Generate a clean evidence summary parents can copy into an email, mentoring session notes, or accreditation evidence.

This is designed to support your wider Starz journey: mentoring sessions, pitching, and accreditation evidence.

Parent guide

Keep it safe and keep it simple

Money skills are powerful — especially when young people start selling online. Keep boundaries clear and confidence high.

Weekly money chats

10 minutes weekly beats one “big talk”. Review needs, wants, saving, and one tiny improvement.

Online boundaries

Keep buying/selling supervised, protect personal data, and use trusted platforms with clear rules.

Reinvest mindset

Help them set a goal: “profit → reinvest → improve”. That’s the same loop in Starz Academy.

Next step: turn skills into confidence

Want this guided with a proper pathway?

Starz Academy gives your child a structured enterprise journey — and mentoring can support the exact areas your child struggles with (confidence, focus, pricing, budgeting, pitching).

Nu FOCUS Education CIC is a non-profit community  organisation empowering young people through creative, skills based learning.  Alongside our flagship Youth Enterprise course – Starz, we deliver workshops and projects that build confidence, wellbeing and future ready skills.

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