From first session to lasting financial habits
- Each workshop follows a structured path — no guesswork, no skipped steps
- Assignments are practical and tied to real household scenarios
- Progress is visible from week one, not just at the end
The workshop path, step by step
Every participant moves through the same sequence. The structure exists so you spend your attention on learning, not figuring out what comes next.
Baseline audit
Map current income, fixed costs, and spending patterns using a provided worksheet before the first live session.
Goal framing
Identify 1–3 concrete financial targets — an emergency fund, reducing a specific bill category, or a savings milestone within 6 months.
Budget build
Construct a working monthly budget in the shared tool, category by category, with a facilitator reviewing the logic live.
Review cycle
Track against your plan each week, flag what drifted, and adjust the next period's allocation using the same template.
structured workshop modules, each building on the previous
live sessions per programme cycle, spread across 8 weeks
practical exercises completed before the programme ends
What actually happens during a session
Sessions run for 90 minutes and follow a fixed rhythm: a short review of the previous week, a focused teaching segment of around 30 minutes, then a hands-on exercise you complete before the session ends.
Facilitators do not lecture through the full time. Most of the session is you working on your own household numbers, with guidance available when you get stuck.
Between sessions, assignments take roughly 20–30 minutes per week — usually updating a tracker or preparing a short question for the next meeting.
Preparation takes 15 minutes
Gather three recent bank statements and one utility bill. That is all the material you need for the first session.
- No prior financial knowledge required
- Works with any household income level
- Remote access from any device
Each session has a single focus
Topics move from income mapping through to savings automation — one concept per session, applied to your real numbers that same day.
- Shared budget template updated live
- Small group of 6–10 participants
- Recordings available for 14 days after
Keeping the habit going
Graduates receive a simplified monthly review template and access to a peer group where questions can be posted between cycles.
- Monthly review template included
- Peer group access for 3 months
- Optional follow-up session available
"I had tried spreadsheets on my own before. The difference here was that someone reviewed my numbers with me in the session and pointed out that I had been underestimating grocery costs by about €180 a month. That one correction changed how I planned the rest of the year."
Ciarán Ó Murchú Workshop participant, Tipperary