May 24, 2026 · 1 hr 26 min · 22 segments
The Tom's Talks Podcast is a place where we speak to a vast array of people from different walks of life and find out what makes them them. We will speak about their unique journey and delve into the…
Sammie Ellard-KingGuestTom DickinsonHostUm, and it's the same for me when I, I do, uh, quite a bit of investing and, you know, p- people come to me and ask me certain questions and I'm like, how do you not know this stuff? But you said it's not taught in schools.
I, I might be wrong, but you know, taxes, mortgages, you know, pensions, like this stuff that you only really start to know or learn about once you are an adult and you, you slip up and make mistakes, and you fall over, you get yourself up, and you keep going.
... um, as you said, and this is why your content is so important because you are ad- you know, you are giving advice on this stuff, and people out there need to hear it and need to know.
Yeah, so they, they, they've made changes recently, and they are making efforts to put it in there.
It's not necessarily, um, going to-- It's g- definitely gonna be helpful, don't get me wrong.
But is it what they really need to know? Like, we're a massive nation of savers.
Is it gonna talk about growth of wealth, investing, pensions, et cetera? Like, taxes and mortgages are, are sort of a good thing to know, but, like, just basic money management-
Like, understanding credit cards and credit and loans, et cetera, and these are the types of things that I really wanna see go in there.
They've spoken about, like, training all of the teachers across the country to deliver this.
Just build, like we were s- both sort of talking about our apps, like build a digital solution, meet the kids where they're at.
Um, and it's the same for me when I, I do, uh, quite a bit of investing and, you know, p- people come to me and ask me certain questions and I'm like, how do you not know this stuff? But you said it's not taught in schools.
I, I might be wrong, but you know, taxes, mortgages, you know, pensions, like this stuff that you only really start to know or learn about once you are an adult and you, you slip up and make mistakes, and you fall over, you get yourself up, and you keep going.
... um, as you said, and this is why your content is so important because you are ad- you know, you are giving advice on this stuff, and people out there need to hear it and need to know.
Yeah, so they, they, they've made changes recently, and they are making efforts to put it in there.
It's not necessarily, um, going to-- It's g- definitely gonna be helpful, don't get me wrong.
But is it what they really need to know? Like, we're a massive nation of savers.
Is it gonna talk about growth of wealth, investing, pensions, et cetera? Like, taxes and mortgages are, are sort of a good thing to know, but, like, just basic money management-
Like, understanding credit cards and credit and loans, et cetera, and these are the types of things that I really wanna see go in there.
They've spoken about, like, training all of the teachers across the country to deliver this.
Just build, like we were s- both sort of talking about our apps, like build a digital solution, meet the kids where they're at.
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