Children's Bonds - being able to see the person who has given money

emilytw

Hi,

I have some bonds with NS&I for my children - before September last year, anyone was able to give a bond, and it was written on the statement who gave it. Now they have changed all the rules so that only parents and grandparents can give bonds, which is silly - it means their aunts and uncles and godparents can no longer contribute.

Are there any other bonds that allow anyone to give money to the child, but also ones that have the person's name on the statement as I think this is something quite nice to have?

Thanks!!

xylophone

If the relation gives you the money to buy the bond, you can always record the donor yourself by putting the certificate in an envelope marked "Present from .... with date?

If the gift comes in the form of a cheque with greeting card, keep the card, possibly in an album....

emilytw

I had thought of that, but I'm asking on behalf of other members of my family too who want to be able to do the same. Also, it's better for me to give a gift to my nieces/nephews than ask their parents to fill out all the paperwork!

xylophone

If the children have a CTF/ISA, relations could contribute to that - it doesn't take much effort for a parent to record the gift in a notebook for the child?

Otherwise, a cheque drawn in the child's favour to be credited to their savings accounts? Again, not hard to record.