The document discusses the development of a new online money management course called "Look after the Pennies". Key points include that it was funded through a partnership between Comic Relief and UK online centers, involved centers in its creation, and focuses on high-level topics and skills rather than detailed information. The course is designed to be broken into topics and include offline activities, and users are encouraged to use additional supporting resources and repeat the course until comfortable. Future plans include improving accessibility, adapting it for use on mobile devices, and incorporating feedback.

1. Look after the pennies
Money with Tom & Betty
By Kevin Maye,
Product Development Manager, OCF

2. About Look after the Pennies
● Development
○ Funding: New funding model - matched between
Comic Relief and UK online centres.
○ Partners: Built on partnerships from 'Making Money
Work' with some new partnerships too.
○ Centres: Centres involved at all levels, from mapping
content to testing with learners
○ Experts: Experts used where we need them as we're
not always experts

3. Inclusions
○ Deciding what's in: High level topics, skills to do
things, simple tasks to build confidence
Exclusions
○ Deciding what to leave out: The detail
About Look after the Pennies

4. Using Look after the Pennies
● Delivering the course: break down to topics, relate
them to learners, include offline activities
○ Not rocket science
● Supporting resources: Use the tools that exist. Don't
stick to ones picked out, there are more. If you find
others that beat the ones we link to - tell us!
○ Use partners tools
○ Share what you find useful
● Continuing learning: Intend for learners to repeat till
they feel comfortable
○ Designed to provide practice

5. Future changes
● Accessibility: Flash engine limits, identified
immediate improvements if we can change
○ Image sizing and tags
● Other form factors: leading on from those
accessibility issues, using HTML also opens up other
forms, expected soon.
○ Tablets and smart phones
● Feedback: any thoughts, problems, ideas or requests
we do have a 'wish list' so get them in to us
○ help@ukonlinecentres.com