Talkingshop – FREE Consumer Rights, Financial Literacy and Cybercrime education for Warwickshire schools and colleges

Are you interested in helping your year 12 and year 13 students prepare for life beyond school or college, either at University or in employment?

Consumer education, financial literacy and cyber-crime awareness sessions are being offered free of charge by Warwickshire County Council Trading Standards.

The educational sessions, which run under the umbrella programme ‘Talkingshop’ are delivered on-line and in real time by Trading Standards consumer, financial literacy and cyber-crime experts.

Over 5000 Warwickshire students have already participated in the Talkingshop educational programme.

The programme can be amended to fit a school or college’s particular requirements.

The programmes cover:

Financial Literacy, including:

• Opening a bank account
• Payday and other high interest loans
• Budgeting
• Moving into rented accommodation
• Credit and debt
• Buying a used car
• Contracts (for example for mobile phones)
• Store cards
• Priority loans

Consumer Rights, including:

• Your statutory consumer rights
• Returning damaged and mis-described items
• Your rights in a sale
• Shopping from home
• Buying on auction websites

Cyber Crime, including:

• Safe shopping online
• Online banking
• Social media safety
• Protecting your PC