Money Smarts Challenge 2026
Empowering students to be financially confident!

Don’t Miss Out in 2026!
Teachers and Principals! Registration for the Money Smarts Challenge 2026 will open in the coming weeks. With a 100% recommendation from those who participated last year2, it’s not to be missed.
With only 38%3 of young adults feeling confident about money, we are passionate about empowering this generation of students to be more future financially confident. This highly interactive Award Winning1 financial literacy quiz brings this important topic to life in a fun and engaging way.
Talk to your local Youth Coordinator about taking part. Get ready to bring your students together with thousands of others from schools all across the island of Ireland to compete this year and be in with a chance to maybe win some great prizes for your school.

Boyne Community School, Meath. 1st Place Winners, Money Smarts Challenge 2025.

Grange Community College, Dublin. 1st Place Winners, Money Smarts Challenge 2025.
“As soon as I mentioned it to students who did the quiz last year, they didn’t hesitate saying yes to taking part again. Students enjoyed it and are looking forward to next year.”
Money Smarts Challenge 2026
The Money Smarts Challenge 2026 promises to be an immersive, educational fun experience with lots of prizes up for grabs. More details to follow soon.
This award winning 1 financial literacy quiz really helps to place the topic of financial literacy front and centre at a critical point in these young students lives, as they prepare for life post secondary school.

St Mary’s The Green, Kerry. 1st Place Winners, Money Smarts Challenge 2025.

Prepare your students
Based on teacher feedback, we have refreshed and updated our Money Smarts Challenge Teacher Guides to allow you prepare your students more comprehensively. There are 6 guides in total, each focused on one of the 6 pillars of Financial Wellbeing. Start your preparation now. Access topic summaries, presentations and Money Smarts Challenge Quiz Questions from last year’s quiz to secure that crucial competitive advantage.
Lyndsey Phelan of Our Lady’s School Terenure and her students Matilda, Rachel, Ciara and Kathryn who were 3rd Place winners of the Money Smarts Quiz Challenge in 2023, speak with RTE’s Gill Steadman on the particular importance of financial literacy learning for young females.

Summer Hill College, Sligo. 1st Place Winners, Money Smarts Challenge 2025.