ACT Training celebrates award

A Cardiff-based work-based training company has won a national award for its outstanding contribution to Lloyds Bank’s Money for Life programme.

ACT Training received the organisation engagement award for Money for Life qualifications at a special event held at the SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff organised to celebrate the positive impact that people involved in the money management programme have had on communities across Wales.

Money for Life is aimed at improving the knowledge, confidence and skills of communities around the UK to help people to manage their money better.

Local communities in Wales have participated in the programme in various ways, such as completing fully-funded training qualifications and taking part in the Money for Life Challenge for 16 to 24 year olds.

Established in 1988, ACT Training is Wales’ leading work-based training provider. The company won the award for having the highest number of staff with Money for Life qualifications.Hayley Rees and Ros Protheroe received the award on behalf of the company, which has engaged staff in North Wales in the qualifications and Money for Life Challenge.

“The Money for Life courses have been a great starting point to set the company on the right road to teaching financial literacy,” said Hayley. Ros added: “The company has made a big commitment to the programme because we have identified a need for our learners to develop their money management skills. The Money for Life courses are giving our staff the skills and confidence to offer them advice.”

The celebration event was hosted by ColegauCymru/CollegesWales and the National Training Federation for Wales (NTfW), who deliver the programme in Wales.

Allan Griffiths, Lloyds Banking Group’s Ambassador for Wales, who presented the awards, said: “The aim of the Money for Life Programme is to embed money skills in communities across the country to help them prosper, so we decided the time was right to mark the amazing impact the programme has had across Wales. Since the programme started in 2010, through our partners we have trained over 2,400 people to teach personal money management to communities while engaging over 600 organisations across the UK.

Through the Money for Life Challenge, we have awarded more than 350 grants of £500 to teams of young people to develop innovative projects that make a lasting impact on improving their own money management skills, as well as their friends and families.It is important to take a moment to reflect on the positive influence that the Money for Life Programme has made, and I’m excited to see the impact it will continue to make around the country.”

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