Financial Resilience Training: Practical Skills for a More Independent Future

Financial Resilience Training: Practical Skills for a More Independent Future

How do we manage our money, avoid impulse spending and find motivation to save? These were some of the questions explored during two training sessions on financial resilience, held as part of a camp in Valea Crișului.

The activity was organised within the project “Labour Market Inclusion of Disadvantaged Young People in Romania (Phase Out)” and delivered by a HEKS/EPER Romania expert.

Using real-life situations as a starting point, participants worked in teams and explored some of the basics of personal financial management. Budgeting, recognising impulse spending and understanding personal motivations for saving were among the topics that generated the most interest.

For many of the young people, these concepts were a first introduction to financial education in a practical and interactive setting.

At the end of the sessions, one participant summed up their value by saying that the information had been very useful and would help them both now and in the future, as they enter the labour market.

Through activities like these, the project aims to provide young people not only with support for entering the labour market, but also with practical skills to help them make informed decisions and gradually build their financial independence.