Teaching Money Skills Through a Simple Youth Business
Use one simple, supervised project to teach the difference between a budget, a cost, a sale and money left over.
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Articles by Robert Beckford
Robert Beckford is a dedicated community entrepreneur, innovative youth leader and passionate advocate for inclusion. Renown for blending high-energy recreation with skill-building to empower young people to drive social impact.
As founder of Nu FOCUS Education CIC, he champions inclusive programmes to uplift marginalised youth & spark creativity to strengthen communities.
Creator of the Starz Academy - he provides motivational tools for personal growth; driven by the mantra "Challenge. Do Something Different."
His track record combines bold innovation, real community change and relentless drive. Robert remains an inspiring force in youth education, action sports and community transformation.
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How Entrepreneurship Prepares Young People for Future Work
Help young people turn project experience into clear examples of planning, teamwork and judgement for future study, training or work.
Read the article Seven Money Lessons Young People Learn Through Enterprise
Seven small money lessons become easier to understand when a young person can connect each one to a decision in a project.
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