The Week of Money is an initiative of Wijzer in geldzaken to teach children and young people how to deal with money, at school and at home. This national project week takes place annually around the end of March. By making children and young people financially aware, the foundation is laid for financial independence in adulthood. After all, learning young is done old! After all, learning young is done old!

Look for an overview of all activities on www.weekvanhetgeld.nl.

Fix your Risk

We think it is important to let children, parents and teachers think about dealing with money and the financial consequences of risks at least once a year. Insurance plays an important role in this.

For the Week of money, the digital game Fix your Risk has therefore been developed. In a playful and interactive way, guest lecturers discuss the role of insurance in our society with Fix je Risk. Hedging risks and providing security makes many activities and activities possible.

Many young people have no insight into their income and expenses. As a result, they can get into financial problems. One fifth of Dutch young people even take big risks when it comes to money, sometimes resulting in poverty and debt. There is little talk about it or only when it is (much) too late: money matters are still taboo. And that while money influences many aspects: education, housing and mental health.

MoneyWays is a preventive peer education program that runs this school year in 1,000 classes throughout the Netherlands. Within MoneyWays, attention is paid to the knowledge and skills about dealing with money, but also to the social-emotional side of it, such as peer pressure, temptations and shame. Young role models – peer educators – who are close to the target group, share their knowledge about money matters and their personal experiences in three lessons. They break open the conversation and reduce the barrier to asking for help.

The Dutch Association of Insurers, Diversion and Nibud have jointly ensured that the urgent theme of 'insurance' is integrated within MoneyWays. As a result, insurance has become an integral part of MoneyWays' teaching materials since the 2015-2016 school year. This is also necessary because there is still a lot of ignorance about insurance among young people.

With MoneyWays, Diversion and Nibud bring together various parties that feel responsible for the fight against poverty and debt problems: central government, municipalities, companies, private funds and schools throughout the Netherlands. And not without success: in the meantime, tens of thousands of young people in more than sixty municipalities have followed the program.