Praise for ‘money savvy’ teens

He described the three groups of young people from Ballymena who have made it through to the next stage of Lloyd’s Banking Group’s award-winning Money for Life Challenge were “shining examples to other young people in the constituency”.

The Money for Life Challenge is a UK-wide competition that encourages young people between the ages of 16-24 to run a money management activity in their areas.

They can apply to Money for Life for a grant of £500 to help run their project, with the best ideas going through to a grand final in Parliament Buildings in April 2015.

Three groups from Ballymena were among 40 projects chosen to progress onto the next stage and awarded a £500 grant to make their money-saving idea a reality.