pfeg (Personal Finance Education Group) is part of Young Enterprise and together they are the leading charity that empowers young people to harness their personal and business skills. pfeg merged into Young Enterprise is 2014. pfeg aims to equip young people with confidence, skills and knowledge in personal finance and money management. It was founded in 2000 and supports teachers and others involved in educating young people about money.
pfeg is the charity behind 'My Money Week', an annual event in schools in which young people take part in financial education lessons and activities. From 2006 to 2011 pfeg was a leading partner in delivering “Learning Money Matters”, the schools strand of the national strategy on financial capability launched by the Financial Services Authority in 2004.
pfeg provides a Quality Mark to badge recommended teaching resources that are published by banks and other financial companies. It is home to the Centres of Excellence, a scheme which recognises and rewards schools who are committed to delivering high quality financial education in their school and beyond. It provides financial education teaching resources on its website for people teaching financial education and runs teacher training CPD sessions as well as workshops for young people.
The charity provides the secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Education for Young People, which in December 2011 published a report calling for financial education to be included in the national curriculum. The report played an important role in helping to ensure the introduction of statutory financial education on the secondary national curriculum in England from September 2014.
Since the merger with Young Enterprise, pfeg is overseen by the Young Enterprise board of trustees. The chairman is Grey Denham and the Chief Executive is Michael Mercieca.