Teach Children to Save South Africa (TCTS SA) was adopted as a key event during the July National Savings Month, following the successful pilot launch on 25 July 2008. The initiative aims to take the savings message to our youths, equipping them with the basic financial skills to help them become better savers now and in future.The role of the FPI was to communicate the TCTS SA initiative to members and encourage them to participate within their internal consumer education or volunteerism programmes.

How the programme works:

• Lessons are taught by financial sector professionals.
• Lessons are presented as an organised learning experience so that learners understand the importance of the topic.
• Lesson plans cover the basic concepts of saving, including reasons to save, budgeting to save and where to save.

The 2011 TCTS SA initiative was held from the 18 -29 July 2011, please click on the links below to download the full toolkit which was used by all facilitators.

Toolkit
1. A letter - which members can use at the school/s that have been identified when making contact with the principals or teacher.
2. Lesson plan -  which is supported by the Department of Basic Education and is located in the Economic and Management Sciences Learning Area of the school curriculum. 
3. What matters most - teaching notes for grade 4 to 5.
4. Where does your money go - teaching notes for grade 5 to 6.
5. Where to save - teachning notes for grade 6 to 7.
6. Evaluation form.

For further details about the campaign , please visit www.savingsinstitute.co.za or email tcts@savingsinstitute.co.za.