Free online money management course

St Michael's Church • 28 August 2020

Get to grips with your finances - with Acadamoney and J John

During lockdown, Sallie Mumford, our Children & Families Minister, completed a free online course called Acadamoney. This 12-hour course is aimed at adults and run with Open University and Martin Lewis (founder of MoneySavingExpert.com).

Sallie says: 'Being on furlough, I wanted to give myself a financial MOT, but also in the hope it would better equip me to help others who may not find managing their money easy. I highly recommend the course, as if the coming recession is as bad as predicted, we want to be as wise as possible in our finances, while remaining generous.'

While the idea of a course about finances may sound daunting to some, Sallie was surprised at how easy it was to follow and quick to work out aspects of her own finances. 'The Acadamoney course was very practical in that it made me check my credit score, get my pension forecast (all achievable in under 60 seconds!), help me understand my financial personality, and made me recalculate my tax and NI on my pay slip to check they were right, which they were!'

Sallie says she considered herself a fairly savvy spender before doing the course, but she still learned some really useful ways to cut costs and save money. At the end of the course is a test and you are given a certificate to download when you have passed.

However, this is only half the picture ...

Many of you will be familiar with the tenth Commandment - Do not covet, about how focusing on what others have diminishes our ability to appreciate the good things in our lives. J John, a UK international evangelist and author, reminds us in his talk on Commandment No. 10, that if you have food in the fridge, clothes on your back and a roof over your head, you are richer than 75% of the people in the world. A humbling statistic. Yet many of us in the 25% are in debt or struggle to make ends meet.

Sallie adds: 'J John gives great money management advice, referring to what Jesus said about money, and some sound scriptural principles. So this is a 'must do' watch in conjunction with the Acadamoney course to get the complete picture, and it's quite funny too.'

Watch the short talk here: Week 1 - Find Contentment

Sign up for the free online course here: Acadamoney

If you have any queries about the course, Sallie will be happy to help. You can contact her at: sallie.mumford@gmail.com or via Church Office.

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