Best home for £75k for someone who's not online

badger09

TheBanker wrote: »

She can lean on me as much as she needs to. That is what I am here for.

I guess she will get more confident and may well learn to use a computer. One of my work colleagues suggested showing her Skype so we can talk (I live 250 miles away) - he said his mum was in a similar situation and being able to use Skype to keep in touch with family was a big boost and a real incentive for her to learn to use the computer. I know her local library run computer courses and this might also be a good opportunity for her to meet new people.

All this will come with time, but at the moment my immediate problem is she has nearly £100k in her current account not earning a penny in interest.

Anyway for the short term she has agreed to move the surplus funds to the Post Office and she's agreed to look at it again after Christmas.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

OP, showing your mum SKYPE is an excellent idea.

I'm actually the co-ordinator and one of the Digital Champions:o, volunteers, who run the computer course in our local library. We do it on a one to one basis and so far I've helped more than a dozen people aged 50s to early 80s to learn the basics. This is the course we use, which anyone can access. Feel free to PM me if you'd like any more information.

http://www.learnmyway.com/#