Monday 15 July – This week’s Big Issue features a one-off supplement crossover with children’s current affairs magazine The Week Junior, offering advice to young people on how to spend and save their pocket money over the summer.
The supplement makes suggestions for how readers can “be like Taylor Swift and make a difference with their cash”, while Newsround and Life Hacks presenter Shanequa Paris advises why getting a summer job is good for gaining key life skills and filling the piggy bank to make the most of the school holidays.
This collaboration between two leading news and current affairs outlets is aimed at eight-to-14-year-old readers and aims to educate them on the benefits of saving at a young age. It’s the second edition of Pocket Money that Big Issue has published; the first looks at last April’s Budget and showcased what the spending priorities are for youngsters with advice on saving.
Editorial Director of The Week Junior, Anna Bassi, commented: “Knowing how to make, save and spend money sensibly are important life skills, so this brilliant pocket money magazine should be essential reading for all kids (and their adults!) this summer.”
Big Issue editor Paul McNamee added: “Helping with money management is one of the key things Big Issue does, particularly with the vendors who sell our magazine. We know how learning financial literacy can have a life-changing impact bringing confidence and clarity.
“It’s great that financial education grows in importance in schools. Building that knowledge base helps arm the nation’s children for the world that lies in front of them. This Summer Special issue of Big Issue’s Pocket Money magazine, we hope, is part of that increased knowledge bank. It has so many top tips, it looks great and its fun.”
