THE BIG NUMBER
Asked at what age they’d like to start learning about money,
of young people aged 15-18 15%
said ten and under (London Institute of Banking and Finance, Young Persons’ Money Index 2021–2022)
STAFF PICKS ON OUR RADAR
ONLINE: EMMA, RESOURCES EDITOR This article, which
explores how the pandemic changed home from a place of rest to a non-stop marathon of chores and exhaustion, made me realise just how many parents were affected.
thesociologicalreview.org/ magazine/december-2022/home/ no-place-to-breathe/
IN PRINT: DAN, WRITER I’ve been dipping in and out of The Body Keeps The
Score by Bessel van der Kolk. It’s insightful for parents of children who have suffered trauma. penguin.
co.uk/books/259420/the-body- keeps-the-score-by-kolk-bessel- van-der/9780141978611
ON TV: CAROL, EDITOR Engaging even after a long day, this final film in Steve
McQueen’s Smallaxe series follows 12-year-old Kingsley and his struggles within the school system of the late ’60s. Based on McQueen’s own childhood, it examines class distinctions and racial divides with a dose of black humour.
bbc.co.uk/ iplayer/episode/m000qfb1/ small-axe-series-1-education
8 SUMMER 2023
pta.co.uk ONLINE AWARENESS Scammers target PTA posts
When Tobi Ring from the Friends of Finedon Schools posted on her PTA’s Facebook page to request unsold raffle tickets be returned to the school, she wasn’t expecting the comments she received. ‘I am selling off my 4 x tickets at discount prices,’ read one. ‘I got 3 x tickets for sale,’ said another. ‘I was really worried,’ she says.
‘It looked like school parents were using the post to sell their remaining tickets at a discount. These were raffle tickets that had gone home with the children, and the deadline for sales had passed. They couldn’t be sold on as no one had bought them in the first place. It wasn’t until I asked other PTAs in the PTA Ideas and Advice Network Facebook group (
facebook.com/groups/ PTAnetwork/) that I realised it was a common scam.’ In commercial
events, it happens all the time – messages like these appear all over Facebook’s event discussions. But neither the tickets nor the
people exist. These fake accounts are run by scammers who repeatedly paste the same message, hoping someone will be fooled. If you transfer the money, you’ll never hear from them again. Amy Hayes at the Friends of St
Mary’s C of E Aided Primary School got an unwelcome surprise last year when the PTA held its firework event. ‘Someone by the name of Jessica Wilson claimed to have tickets. She said she was gutted and couldn’t go for personal reasons,’ says Amy. ‘We assumed she was genuine and one of the parents transferred the money. Of course, Jessica disappeared after that.’ ‘As a PTA, you expect the people
Neither the tickets nor the people exist. These fake accounts are run by scammers. If you transfer the money, you’ll never hear from them again
commenting on your posts to be part of your community – you think you can trust them. After that, we were vigilant and we stopped ticket resales on our public site and informed those needing to purchase to buy from someone they could confirm was a parent.’
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