£500 free for child fund by gordon brown

hello3578

Hi all,

I can remember when gordon brown was pm,2007-2010 he was offering a £500 award for any child born around that time to invest either in a investment/saving child account,if the child has nt claimed it can they claim now?

eskbanker

The Child Trust Fund scheme entailed £250 or £500 vouchers being issued between 2002 and 2011, which could be contributed to a CTF in the child's name - what did you receive at the time and what did you do with it?

I suspect that the short answer to your question will be 'no', but further details of the scheme, including how to trace lost accounts, is published at https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/child-trust-fund-vouchers/ and https://www.gov.uk/child-trust-funds

xylophone

Did you receive the voucher and not use it?

Or used it and have forgotten where? See

https://www.moneywise.co.uk/investing/your-child-owed-share-ps2-billion

Parents had 12 months to invest the voucher and if they did not the government allocated them an account on their behalf.