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Life skills & wellbeing

Money, cooking, careers and looking after yourself: the things a school timetable tends to squeeze out.

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TypingClub

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Touch typing, one short lesson at a time, repeated until you get five stars. The site reckons a few minutes a day for a week or two will do it.

It's web-based and free for individuals, with an optional paid edition for schools. You don't need an account, though making one saves your progress. There are more than 650 typing games, tests and videos, plus courses for other keyboard layouts and languages.

Barclays LifeSkills

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Free lessons, activities and tools to help young people get ready for work, from Barclays.

There are separate routes for young people, educators and families, and it runs a national skills competition for 11 to 25-year-olds.

NatWest Thrive

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Free money and future-skills resources for parents and teachers, sorted by age and topic: earning, enterprise, careers and spotting scams.

There's a free digital escape room called Unlocked that teaches young people to recognise and deal with fraud and scams, and careers activities with Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes. You register for free to use it.

Money Heroes

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Free money lessons for ages 3 to 11 from the charity Young Enterprise, with storybooks and games starring Ed and Bunny. A gentle start on how money works, including the invisible kind.

There are home activities as well as school ones, free storybooks and eBooks, a digital game, and Welsh-language versions. You sign up for free to download.