Step Change Debt Charity join a Skills Session in Hull

We were delighted to welcome colleagues from Step Change Debt Charity to one of our Skills 4 Bills® sessions in Hull earlier this autumn. 

Our Skills 4 Bills® programme, which gives Key Stage 2 (age 9-11) children awareness of the financial commitments and decisions they will face during their lives, has experienced a record period, working with more children than ever before.

The highly engaging game which aims to provide young people with an insight into the consequences of poor financial choices and the indebtedness it can cause, was created by colleagues in our Kings Hill Office.

Our Step Change colleagues joined us at the Griffin School and were pleased to have had the chance to get involved. They told us: 

“We would like to pass on our thanks for inviting us along. We were so impressed with the session which is so well organised and delivered by Kerry. We could really sense the impact it would have and the seeds it would plant as the children start thinking about spending. It was great fun too and we loved meeting the kids.”

Over the last 18 months, we’ve been delighted to launch sessions across our Wescot, Orbit and DLC locations, which has seen children in Telford, Hull and Scotland benefit from the experience.

Programme Coordinators Katy Camp and Cliff Ellis gave us their feelings about what’s been created through Skills 4 Bills® . Katy said:

“Better educating the children of today to make better choices is a real privilege. We invest a couple of hours with a class or group but the impact of that couple of hours can last a lifetime. That’s a wonderful opportunity to be involved in.”

Cliff recalled a really powerful moment with a child from a local school near Cabot’s Kings Hill office.

“He told me it was ok because every time money was needed, Daddy went to the wall.  After a moment it dawned on me, he was talking about a cash machine. The whole hall watched intently as he and I had a discussion about how the money got there, what Daddy did to get money into the wall and by the end, he understood it wasn’t as simple as it appeared.  Those are the real moments why we do what we do.”

In the last two years, we have now reached over 2,500 children with our additional locations creating greater opportunities to make a difference and we've over 700 booked in to benefit from the experience before the summer holidays in 2026.  Thanks to everyone who volunteers and especially those in our teams who organise our programme.