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3 - 6 month Emergency Fund Challenge (part 2)

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  • #46 £599 to go!
    #46 3 to 6 month Emergency Fund Challenge: £585 to go
  • #39 reporting in with £500/£5,000 saved, so now at 10% of target. 

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  • £10 please.
    Thanks Dobbibill
    MFW - 01.10.21 £63761   01.10.22 £50962   01.10.23 £39979   01.10.24 £27815. 01.01.25. £17538
    01.03.25 £14794.    01.04.25 £12888
    01.05.25. £11805. 12.05.25  £9997   05.06.25  £8898. 
     01.07.25. £7975  01.08.25 £6968

  • Another £10 added today.
    Thanks
    MFW - 01.10.21 £63761   01.10.22 £50962   01.10.23 £39979   01.10.24 £27815. 01.01.25. £17538
    01.03.25 £14794.    01.04.25 £12888
    01.05.25. £11805. 12.05.25  £9997   05.06.25  £8898. 
     01.07.25. £7975  01.08.25 £6968

  • A_Random_Man
    A_Random_Man Posts: 1,167 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 6 September 2020 at 9:53PM
    Quick update EF now at £191.58 had a couple of small eBay sales and a couple of cash outs on Quidco, still paying down my loan so until this has gone only able to contribute small amounts, however this is a long term goal so I am aware it will take some time

    Mortgage Amount Outstanding £116,682.20
    2025 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #49 £1401.29/£1,250 (104.74%/100.00%)
  • £10 added today.  
    Thanks Dobbibill. 
    MFW - 01.10.21 £63761   01.10.22 £50962   01.10.23 £39979   01.10.24 £27815. 01.01.25. £17538
    01.03.25 £14794.    01.04.25 £12888
    01.05.25. £11805. 12.05.25  £9997   05.06.25  £8898. 
     01.07.25. £7975  01.08.25 £6968

  • £220 added today.

    Thanks Dobbibill.
    MFW - 01.10.21 £63761   01.10.22 £50962   01.10.23 £39979   01.10.24 £27815. 01.01.25. £17538
    01.03.25 £14794.    01.04.25 £12888
    01.05.25. £11805. 12.05.25  £9997   05.06.25  £8898. 
     01.07.25. £7975  01.08.25 £6968

  • ponypal
    ponypal Posts: 417 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 30 September 2020 at 3:27PM
    I'm #11 and have made some withdrawals and added some money, currently have £1250, recently switched to NS&I instant access. Goal is to get to £1500 by end of the year :)
  • Betharooni
    Betharooni Posts: 480 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    #39 reporting in with EF of £700/£5,000. Will hit £1K by the end of the year. 
  • This emergency fund was raided to help my son upgrade his car so I’m now back to:
    #34 £1700/£6000 
    No matter, I’ll keep adding each month and will get there eventually. 💷

    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £460/£800 57%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£40.3k 61.3%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
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