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Nationwide Gives Budding Young Filmmakers the Chance to Walk the Red Carpet

Tuesday 24 February, 2015

Nationwide Building Society is bringing financial education to life by inviting secondary schools across the country to take part in The Big Money Movie Pitch, a free competition giving students aged 11 to 14 the chance to pitch a short film idea about managing money.

Educating youngsters about finance is at the heart of the competition, whether that be a lesson in budgeting, saving or keeping money safe. The Big Money Movie Pitch aligns with multiple parts of the National Curriculum, and students can choose to present their idea on managing money as a storyboard, a script, a synopsis or any other format they choose.

The winning pitch will be made into a real film by industry professionals and premiered at Vue Westfield London, with transport included, on Wednesday 8 July 2015 at an exclusive red-carpet event.

The awards include:

Schools can sign up to the Big Money Movie Pitch at www.nationwideeducation.co.uk/moviepitch, which has a wealth of resources for students, teachers and parents, including factsheets, quizzes, videos and games to help educate young people aged two to 18 on topics – such as money, numeracy, careers, sustainability and safety, all linked to the national curriculum. Schools have until 30 April 2015 to submit their entries and the winners will be notified on 22 May 2015.

Stephen Uden, Nationwide's Head of Citizenship, said: "The Big Money Movie Pitch is such a great way for schools to give students the chance to be budding young filmmakers and showcase their creative talents, while teaching students the importance of saving and money management in an interesting, fun and creative way. We are inviting secondary schools across the country to get involved, not only to be in with the exciting opportunity to walk the red carpet and see their film on the big screen, but to also engage young people with financial education in a practical and enjoyable way. The Big Money Movie Pitch brings this concept to life, with great awards too."

The Nationwide Big Money Move Pitch Competition is part of the Society's independent Talking Numbers programme, which aims to improve the everyday number skills of 200,000 young people by 2017. Supporting young people in their understanding of essential everyday number skills, including money, is at the core of Nationwide's mutual standing and is why the Society has a whole host of resources for teachers, students and parents via Nationwide Education.

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1Nationwide Building Society's 'Talking Numbers' programme

The Big Money Movie Pitch:

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About Nationwide Building Society

Nationwide is the world's largest building society as well as one of the largest savings providers and a top-three provider of mortgages in the UK. It is also a major provider of current accounts, credit cards,ISAs and personal loans. Nationwide has around 15 million customers.

Customers can manage their finances in a branch, via the mobile app, on the telephone, internet and post. The Society has around 17,000 employees. Nationwide's head office is in Swindon with administration centres based in Northampton, Bournemouth and Dunfermline. The Society also has a number of call centres across the UK.



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