The £1,000 emergency fund challenge.

patman99

No-one ever loses their number. The whole idea of an ef is that you have a pot of money for when you need it.

Oh, and if my reputation precceeded me, they wouldn't let me leave the house.

January2015

I've managed to boost our EF by £200 this month (thanks to ebay sales). New total is £300....still a long way to go, but it's lovely to see it growing a bit at last

amber03

Just poppin in to update the amount, currently standing at £268.09. Total is slowly going up, few shifts in overtime will be paid next week so this will be added and hopefully bump my total up abit. Amazing that upto a couple of years ago i would have already spent this money. How times have a changed.

MrsSave

I don't think I'll manage to get my ef up to £600 before payday, but I have done a skim of my accounts and sent £3.42 over to it. My emergency fund now stands at £590.66.

[Deleted User]

You're either up very late, MrsSave, or an early bird like me;)

You're doing well with your EF, over the halfway mark and nearly at 60%:beer:

Dobbibill

Just a quick update #45 - I've just reached the half way mark £500/50% :dance:
A big thank you to all the members on here for the support, motivation and inspiration, sharing your challenges and progress, highs and lows helps others.
Keep at it fellow EFers

milky1991

Just scraped another tenner into the EF now standing at £20 or 2% :j

MrsSave

carbootcrazy wrote: »

You're either up very late, MrsSave, or an early bird like me;)

You're doing well with your EF, over the halfway mark and nearly at 60%:beer:

I had definitely been to bed at that point! I don't sleep brilliantly, and last night was one of those nights where I was wide awake at silly o'clock!!

sugar23

i think i need to join you all. im not sure i will be able to get too £1000 by the end of the year as well as clearing the credit card but i will try my best. if its not too late to join could i please.


ETA : i just reread the first post and realised there is no time limit ... can i join you all please

Dobbibill

sugar23 wrote: »

i think i need to join you all. im not sure i will be able to get too £1000 by the end of the year as well as clearing the credit card but i will try my best. if its not too late to join could i please.


ETA : i just reread the first post and realised there is no time limit ... can i join you all please

Hi Sugar23,

The great thing about this challenge is there is no end date - it's ongoing to encourage an EF to be there when needed. If it's needed before you reach the target then that's ok because that's what it's there for.

Patman will be along shortly to give you a number.

Welcome to the challenge and all the best with your EF & CC payments.

DB