A Bury primary school has helped launch a new national programme on financial education and wellbeing for school children.

Wesleyan, a financial services mutual, has donated £33,000 to educational charity Little Bird to help them launch their ‘Dreams Workshops’ with Chantlers Primary School, Bury who are one of only two schools in the UK to roll out the programme.

Little Bird are providers of educational coaching workshops, and the Dreams Workshops aim to help children with their self-awareness and financial education in primary schools across the UK.

Founder of Little Bird, Alison Delaney said: “The Dreams Workshop initiative is one close to my heart and we’re absolutely delighted to be able to increase the impact across UK primary schools with the generous support of Wesleyan Foundation.

“The Dreams Workshops create a space and support for our teachers to continue the fantastic work of shaping our children for the future. We look forward to the children dreaming big, believing in their abilities and achieving their aspirations.”

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The programme launched on World Book Day, March 3, at Chantlers School and the workshops will deliver free programmes to develop skills like self-belief, resilience and financial awareness.

Little Bird aims to deliver programmes to 10 schools across the UK in 2022 reaching over 5,000 primary school children.

Nathan Wallis, Chief of Staff at Wesleyan said: “We are proud of the Wesleyan Foundation’s partnership with Little Bird – aimed at making a huge difference to the lives of primary school children.

“Learning about self-belief, financial awareness and most importantly how to follow your dreams from such an early age can only be a good thing. It is vital for children to be given the skills and the confidence they need to succeed in life, and this is exactly what the ‘Dream Workshops’ are designed to do.”

Wesleyan are a specialist financial services mutual who launched the Wesleyan Foundation in 2017 as part of their commitment to supporting great causes that are important to their customer base of teachers, doctors and dentists, and their local communities.