Digital skills and personal finance: financial literacy for Naas community men’s shed
Improving digital and financial literacy skills among older men
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The project partners were:
Kildare County Council- Library Service
Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board(KWETB)
Naas Community Men’s Shed
About this project
This project aimed to improve financial literacy, digital literacy, and confidence among older cohorts in Naas.
The course combined digital skills with practical financial literacy, tailored to a local community group.
More about this project
The course provided in-person workshops, talks, and hands-on learning in small groups.
A tutor from Kildare Wicklow ETB ran 8 two-hour IT skills classes. Financial literacy professionals convened 5 one-hour financial literacy sessions.
Talks covered the following topics:
information on Social Welfare entitlements,
budgeting,
banking frauds and scams,
how to draft a will, and
revenue returns.