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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Lisa Salmon

8 smart ways for tweens and teens to earn their own money

Learning early how to make and use money is a vital practical skill that will be useful for a young person throughout their life.

Yet data from Santander UK  has found only four in 10 children and young people in the UK have some form of financial education in school. And with about nine million adults across the UK and Ireland already struggling with problem debt, according to The Centre for Social Justice, it’s clearly time for kids to become more financially literate.

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