Partners

Why we work with organisations

We work with organisations that help us connect with people across the UK.

This supports the work we do with our Youth Forum, Community forums, Citizens’ Forum and education programme.

Working in partnership in this way means we can reach more people and improve our understanding. So we can make better decisions and create more useful resources.

Partners benefit from working with us too. We help them:

to achieve our common goals
generate and share resources
give a platform for views to be heard
to support their initiatives with our expertise, resources and networks

If you would like to know more about how we can work together, please email: outreach@bankofengland.co.uk.

Our partners

We work with everyone from large national charities to small, grassroots community groups.

Our partners represent people with a diverse range of interests and needs. Below are some examples of partnerships we have formed.

Youth Forum

The Bank of England’s Youth Forum is a series of Youth Panels held across the UK, where we hear from people between 16 and 19 years old. Its purpose is to provide a way for us to engage with young adults, who we have struggled to reach through other means in the past. By creating a community of young people who we work with on an ongoing basis, we can gain insight on a range of issues, from policy matters, to helping us to better understand how to communicate with young people.

By getting involved, young people can gain confidence and improve their communication skills by sharing their views and listening to the views of people in their age group.

UK Community Foundations and our Community forums

As the UK’s central bank, it’s our job to set policies that work for people all over the United Kingdom. To help us do that, it’s important we understand how the economy is working. Statistics such as the rate of unemployment or inflation only tell us a part of the story. But talking to people directly can tell us more.

We have a particular interest in engaging with underrepresented and lesser-heard groups from all communities across the UK. We find the best way to engage with these groups is through our Community forums.

We partner with charities and other community organisations to hold our Community forums events.

UK Community Foundations Opens in a new window is a network organisation for 47 local Community Foundation charities across the UK. Several of these local Community Foundations have helped us to deliver our programme of Community forums.

In turn, they have been able to:

talk to our senior policy makers
share the experiences of the people who use their services and highlight the financial health of the third sector
build an ongoing relationship with us and our local Agents.

“At UK Community Foundations we believe that change needs to come from within communities, driven by people who understand the local situation. We are proud to partner with the Bank of England to deliver their Community Forum programme. This is an important way for our members to amplify the voices of local people and organisations and help shape economic policies which will enable communities to thrive."

Rosemary McDonald, Chief Executive of Community Foundations UK

Beano and TES and our education programmes

We have worked in partnership with education experts at Beano Opens in a new window and TES Opens in a new window to produce a resource for primary school. Money and Me is a free, 12-lesson teaching resource that introduces young people to how money and the economy works. It explores a range of topics from the history of money to how contactless payments work.

It features Beano characters (Dennis, Gnasher and Minnie) in real-life situations that involve making decisions about money.

‘Money and Me’ links to the English, Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh curricula, including:

PSHE
maths and numeracy
skills for life
learning and work
social studies

It supports the Financial Education Planning Framework and has been accredited by Young Money Opens in a new window.

“Beano and the Bank of England is a surprising partnership! At Beano we really know about engaging kids. So, it’s a natural fit when there’s an important topic that we know we can make fun. Working with the Bank of England we’ve created high quality, entertaining lessons.”

Fiona Hickley Executive Director Brand Marketing & Strategic Partnerships – Beano Studios

A big thank you to our partners

We couldn’t do any of this without the support of the organisations we have worked, and continue to work, in partnership with. Here are just some of them: