1. How does our money benefit everyone?

2. Today we will learn… how our money can benefit our wider community
how we can contribute to our wider community

3. Needs and wants Needs are things that are essential for life
E.g. Food …..
Wants are things that are nice to have and make life more enjoyable
E.g. Comics….
What are our local community needs?

4. What can you see?

5. How many of these do you use?
Services we use
Schools
Libraries
Roads and pavements
Street cleaning
Street maintenance
Street lighting
Waste collection
Parks and play areas
Fire service
Police service
Ambulance service
Hospitals
Doctors
Transport
Care of the elderly
How many of these do you use?

6. Most local services are provided by our
Who pays?
We all pay for these services and facilities through TAXATION
TAX = a compulsory contribution of money paid to government
We pay TAX on the money we earn, on some goods (VAT) and on the property we live in.
The amount we pay may depend on how much we earn, how much we spend or the value of our house
Most local services are provided by our
Local Council

7. Using our money to benefit others
Charity greeting cards, charity shop, donation tin, food bank, local farmer’s market, fair trade

8. The ways in which we spend our money can help people either locally or globally. We can:
choose to buy locally
buy from shops/companies who pay fair wages to their workers
we can support local charities by buying from their shops
we can give money to charity collections or food to food banks

9. Ways we can help
What can you tell your friends and family about using our money to benefit others?

10. So today we have learnt…
about some of the ways our money is used to help everyone
how we can help each other and why it can be good to give
about the different types of organisations that can help people