Main navigation
Enter the site through one of the three options below depending
on your Financial awareness, time and type of information you
are
looking
for. The three main entry points are:
- Money Matters – is an in depth body of information
covering 9 main financial topic areas from ‘What money is’ to
the ‘Implications of finance’. Use this section
to get an in depth understanding of practical finance or as
a reference
you will return to for information as needed.
- Life Changes – is a set of guided tours which draw
upon the information contained in the Money Matters and Workshops
sections. The guided tours point you quickly to the relevant information
to save you time. There are various life changes covered from ‘Expectant
mothers’ to ‘Losing your job’.
- Workshops – is a set of highly visual activities,
quizzes and exercises, for those who want a lighter bite of family
finance. This area has some exciting and interesting features to
get you started. It contains items not available in the other two
areas, so take a look even if you have thoroughly explored the ‘Money
Matters’ or ‘Life Changes’ sections.
Supplemental navigation sections
Go here if you need help or support or want to communicate with
other users, the following items can be found under this menu:
Help and Support
- Home page – takes you straight
to the home page of this site.
- About the project – background
information and project credits.
- Contact info – email and other
contact information for this site.
- Feedback form – a form for
you complete with your comments.
- Site map – a ‘click to go’ overview
of the site pages, all in one place.
- Glossary – explanations
for common money related terms.
- Help system –the section
you are in right now.
- Resource bank – a huge list
of useful links, contacts and resources.
- Community areas – user
forum plus practitioners forum and mail group.
Tools
- Pop-up calculator – a desktop
calculator to you help you with maths, you can also click the
image of the calculator
to start
it as well.
- Budgeter – manage your day
to day finances effectively, with save facility.
- Savings calculator –estimate
how much you could save over time.
- Loans calculator –estimate
how much a loan will cost.
- Mortgage calculator – get
an idea of monthly mortgage repayments.
- Repayments calculator – want
to consolidate your debts, this is for you.
- Credit letter
writer – owe money? Need help writing
letters? Try this.
- Pension calculator – We link
you to an independent tool to help plan your future.
Moving between pages
There are quite a few ways you can move between pages.
- Browser back button – user
your browser buttons to turn pages.
- Page footer buttons – use
the back, home and top buttons at the bottom of every page.
- Breadcrumb trail – at
the top of every page you will see a blue link trail (called
a breadcrumb trail) you
can click any of the blue links to move directly back
to that page,
including the home page.
- Site map - the
site map (found in the ‘Help and Support’ menu
links) takes you to a page which displays all of the main
pages in this
resource and how they link together. You can use this to quickly
jump to pages which are difficult to find through normal navigation.
The site map also gives an overview of the site as a whole and
what it covers.
Tip: You can find further information which
you may find useful in the general help
section.
