Managing My Money course to broadcast live on Share Radio

Share Radio, the radio station dedicated to sharing ideas about money, is launching the radio broadcast (and audio podcast) of the highly successful Managing My Money course, in partnership with The Open University Business School’s True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance (True Potential PUFin).

The innovative and completely free course, which runs for eight weeks and will start afresh each fortnight, will be available from 9pm on 7 September 2015 via the DAB station and online via the Share Radio website. There will be two 25 minute broadcast episodes per week, each with an online test. Following the final, more comprehensive test, students receive a statement of participation certificate from The Open University.

Supported by True Potential LLP, Managing My Money was the first course to be created by True Potential PUFin and was made available online and free of charge to the general public back in May 2014. The original course has now been updated by the OU Business School’s personal finance experts - bringing it in line with the latest reforms to pensions and with the personal finance developments unveiled in the two budget statements this year - and transformed in to an entertaining broadcast production by the Share Radio team.

To help people with their finances, the Managing My Money course will focus on core subjects including: Pensions, Financial Planning and the Life Journey, Income, Taxation and Benefits, Expenditure and Budgeting, Debt and Borrowing, Savings and Investment, Housing and the Household Balance Sheet.

In May 2014 we launched the original Managing My Money course in response to the distressing state of personal finance knowledge and skills among the UK public. The positive response to the course was resounding, but almost a year-and-a-half on there remains a very real problem in the UK. The team at Share Radio have come up with an innovative and entertaining show that makes the Managing My Money course even more accessible and we’re delighted to partner with them and to continue to make financial education more readily available in the UK.

Martin Upton
Director of True Potential PUFin at the OU Business School

Launching our Managing My Money course with the OU Business School is central to our strategy to help people better understand their finances. At Share Radio, we have established a strong reputation for accessible and helpful guidance on money matters. As part for this exciting partnership, we’re also delighted to be the first to offer teachers, employers and other third parties the opportunity to get involved directly by monitoring and supporting progress on the course. This exciting new development is the first of its kind.

Gavin Oldham
Managing Director of Share Radio

The online version of the Managing My Money course has already attracted some 50,000 participants. The course is suitable for all ages from secondary school students to pensioners.

To be kept up-to-date with the latest information and to register, visit Share Radio. You can also download the Share Radio iPad App, which features full access to the course.

For more information on True Potential PUFin, please visit the website.