The Wealth Academy

It is never a good time to pause access to our courses. We apologise for this inconvenience. To keep up with the changing financial learning landscape we must constantly refresh, ensuring our content is reliable, purposeful and engaging. We are working quickly and will be back soon. Thank you for your patience.

We have two types of courses. Self-education and facilitated. Facilitated courses are designed for adult facilitators to directly guide and support the financial learning of youth. Self-education courses are available for youth under the age of 18, but only with the permission of a parent, caregiver, adult supervisor or guardian, or teacher. Our courses vary in content aligned to the various parts of an adults future life, including life skills, wellbeing, jobs and careers, investment, entrepreneurship, etc.

This type of course is constructed on the premise that there is a facilitator at the front of a room, guiding one or more students through the topics of the course, using a data projector or smart board. It is the facilitator who will login to access the course.

In most cases a facilitator will be a teacher or teacher assistant in a school situation. But a facilitator could also be a boarding school supervisor, a parent who wants to supervise aspects of their child's financial education, a home-schooling parent, a youth worker aligned to a government department or non-profit organisation, a financial service professional supporting clients with teenage children, a student union representative, a union delegate helping young apprentices, a tutor, a university student support worker, and so on.

Teenagers often shy away from conversations about money for a variety of reasons. Financial matters are frequently seen as personal and private, making open discussions uncomfortable. Additionally, there is a social stigma attached to discussing wealth and financial struggles, which can make students hesitant to share their thoughts. Another reason teenagers avoid discussing money is a lack of confidence in their knowledge. Many feel ill-equipped to participate in financial conversations, fearing judgement or embarrassment. Self-education courses help overcome these barriers by allowing teenagers to develop financial literacy knowledge and skills privately. When participants engage with financial topics individually, they build confidence and knowledge at their own pace, free from the fear of judgement. This preparation makes them more comfortable and willing to engage in follow-up group discussions, where they can consolidate their learning through shared experiences.

Some courses have multiple topics and lessons. Facilitators may choose to do all or just one of the topics. They also have the choice of doing all, some or none of the activities within each course topic. We aim to give the facilitator as much choice as possible.

It is important to note, that there is NO student information collected. It is a facilitator's username and email address that is collected as part of the subscription process. This is necessary to maintain vigilance over security, as well as support for the facilitator.

We do not advertise or promote any entity within any course? We do however, where necessary, point facilitators to various external websites and links if there is a purpose of educational learning. We do want students to be critically aware of the 'real-world', and this does require looking at 'real-world' enterprises, media etc. Facilitators make their own choices as to which external sites they may visit. Any sponsors or partners are acknowledged outside the course content.

Over the past decade The Wealth Academy has had a wide range of education and finance-industry related partners. Some of these partners are listed within the About Us and Services menu headings. Currently, we have paused partnerships as we prepare the company for the next stage of its development.