About Us
Pay it forward
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to do something kind or useful for someone because someone else has done something kind or useful for you.
City Pay it Forward seeks to make a granular impact in the community through the following:
Proven Curriculum
Collaborate with leading educators to produce, present and distribute engaging, age-appropriate materials to schools.
Bespoke Programmes
Organise and deliver bespoke programmes ranging from investment competitions, enterprise challenges, insight days and institution experience events in partnership with corporate partners.
Social Mobility
With the aim of inspiring disadvantaged students, raising aspiration and driving genuine social mobility across communities.
Everything we do at City Pay it Forward is provided free of charge
Who we are
What We Do
We are a grassroots organisation made up of volunteers who want to make a meaningful difference in our community. We are business professionals and educators who work with schools to teach the basics of financial literacy including saving, budgeting, borrowing, and investing. Many of us are also parents.
Our primary school programmes centre on a year six financial literacy curriculum which has been delivered to schools across the UK. In the US, we are working with elementary school maths teachers to roll out our six-hour programme to fifth graders in some of the largest public school districts in the country.
In secondary schools, we take a broader and more practical approach. Entrepreneurship is fostered through our Enterprise Challenges, where students work in teams to develop and pitch business ideas. Careers and employability are brought to life through our Career Day events, which connect students directly with professional mentors from across the City of London. Work experience and pathways into apprenticeships are opened up through our Insight Days. Our Investment Competitions give students the chance to learn about markets, test ideas, and, for winning teams, step onto live trading floors.
We take an expansive view of financial literacy, seeing it not only as the ability to manage money but also as the confidence to explore careers, build skills, and understand how finance shapes opportunities in the real world. By tying these strands together — from enterprise to careers, from work experience to investing — we help students connect learning to life in ways that raise aspirations and open doors.
We are grateful for your interest in our work and value your support.
Our Impact
By the Numbers
Established In
2016
Sponsoring
Self-sponsored
# Core Volunteers
~20
# City Volunteers Volunteering Now
100+
# Students Attending Career Days
1,000+
# Students Engaged in Presentations
20,000+
# Students Participating in Insight Days
300+
# Students Participating in Investment Competition
2,000+
# Schools Receiving CPF Textbook
21,000+
# Teachers Participating in CPF Training
800+
# Students Participating in D2 Curriculum
~180,000
# City Partner Firms
~12–18
Educational Advisers
Special Advisers
Trustees
Quentin Nason
Founder and Trustee
Vincent Delorenzo
Trustee
Scott Eaton
Trustee
Marileen Koppenberg
Trustee
