FSC launches Why Does Money Matter school competition with $10,000 worth of prizes up for grabs
The Financial Services Council [FSC] has launched the second year of their ‘Why Does Money Matter?’ video competition
for New Zealand school students.
The launch coincides with the current fortnight of the FSC’s It Starts With Action campaign to improve women’s financial confidence and wellbeing.
The competition is open to school children of all ages around the country, as individuals or in groups. It challenges
them to share their good money habits in a three-minute video.
“Talking about money is so crucial for improving financial confidence and wellbeing, and these conversations start
young,” says FSC Chief Executive Richard Klipin.
“If we can get more people talking about money in classrooms and at home, we’ll go a long way towards developing
financially confident New Zealanders.”
There were a number of amazing entries last year, and the FSC and its Consumer Engagement Committee, which is driving the project, are looking forward to the creative
submissions that will come through in 2022.
“$10,000 worth of prizes are up for grabs and the winners will once again be judged by an all-star panel, to be
announced in the coming weeks," said FSC Consumer Engagement Committee Co-Chair Meagan Tuckerman.
The FSC will also recruit judges from their 106 member organisations to help determine the finalists.
“This competition is also about rallying the financial services industry around a common goal: to improve the financial
confidence and wellbeing of Kiwi kids,” said FSC Consumer Engagement Committee Co-Chair Clark Todd.
“Schools can enter as many times as they like. Teachers can submit an entry from each class, from smaller groups within
a class, or even one entry per individual,” Todd adds.
Winners will also have their entries screened at a short film festival run by the FSC later in the year.
Students, parents or teachers can register here to receive more information, and entries will open on 27 June 2022, closing on the final day of Term 3, Friday 30
September 2022.
ENDS
For all media enquiries, please contact:
Richard Klipin
Chief Executive Officer
Financial Services Council of New Zealand
021 0233 5414 or richard.klipin@fsc.org.nz
Clarissa Hirst
Head of Content, Communications and Marketing
Financial Services Council of New Zealand
021 026 56343 or clarissa.hirst@fsc.org.nz
About the Financial Services Council
As the voice of the sector, the Financial Services Council is a non-profit member organisation with a vision to grow the
financial confidence and wellbeing of New Zealanders. FSC members commit to delivering strong consumer outcomes from a
professional and sustainable financial services sector. Our 99 members manage funds of more than $95bn and pay out
claims of $2.8bn per year (life and health insurance). Members include the major insurers in life, health, disability
and income insurance, fund managers, KiwiSaver and workplace savings schemes (including restricted schemes),
professional service providers, and technology providers to the financial services sector.
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