Money matters for Goring students

Year 11 students at Chatsmore High in Goring Street have become the first school in Worthing to take part in Paying for It, a programme run by Norwich Union to make students aware of their responsibilities in society.

Eileen Wheeler, of Norwich Union, and Christine Davies, head of citizenship at Chatsmore, have planned various sessions which have generated discussion and made students aware of their responsibilities in society.

James Leach, of Norwich Union, said: "All our volunteers are very excited to be participating in Paying for It.

"Financial education and economic awareness is a very important to Norwich Union and we are keen to share our values with young members of our community."

Paying for It is a new schools programme developed by independent education charity Citizenship Foundation and Norwich Union which supports and enriches citizenship teaching around economics and finance.

In this area, 24 Norwich Union volunteers will use specially written resources to work with small groups of students from Littlehampton School, Chatsmore High School, Davison CE High School and Durrington High School on different economic citizenship topics such as health, money, environment and public spending.

Paying for It has also launched a national competition entitled Chance to be Chancellor, which will give 14 to 18-year-olds a chance to develop their own national budget.