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2025 - 52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge

LittleMissDetermined
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edited 10 December 2024 at 1:07PM in Debt-free wannabe challenges

Save £1378 in 2025! 

Welcome to the '2025' 52 week envelope savings challenge!

This challenge ran the last couple of years and I have been asked to set it up again for 2025. It can really boost your savings pots and help with paying for Christmas, or a family holiday...anything you like really!  It can be done wither with actual cash or virtually online

What you will need for the physical challenge:
  • 52 envelopes (the small cash envelopes are ideal) 
  • A safe place to keep cash such as a safe or lock box for example
  • Cash
What you will need for the online challenge:
  • A dedicated savings account/pot OR
  • A spreadsheet/tracker to identify the money in a cumulative savings account
  • A means of selecting a 'random' week number if you're adding money randomly
Don't forget to bookmark this thread to make it easier to find!

How it works:
Take 52 envelopes and label them from week 1 to week 52, or a handy tracker like you can find in the link a few posts on.
Throughout 2025 we will be adding money in £'s equivalent to the numbers on the envelopes.
At the end of the year you will have saved £1378 to use for whatever you like. 

Each week, add a post with which envelope you've filled and I will update the tracker spreadsheet.  It is helpful if you can add it with your number in bold to make it easy for me to keep a track

Filling order is optional! 
  • Consecutively (forwards or backwards) 1-52 or 52-1 
  • Randomly by picking an number each week and adding that amount
  • Alternately selecting 1, 52, 2, 51, 3, 50, 4 etc which evens it out across the year
  • Equally by adding  £26.50 each and every week
For anyone wishing to join in, please add a comment to be allocated a number    It would also be great to hear what you will be planning on spending your hard saved cash on at the end of the year! 
Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
Sealed pot 2025 £1924 | EF £1031/£1000 | Sabbatical £2393/£3000 | Travel savings £1264 | Sinking pots £3463
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  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 9,063 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic
    edited 15 January at 4:11PM

    2025 weekly challenge roll call 

    #01 LittleMissDetermined 
    #02 ~FlowerPot~
    #03 Doris17
    #04 Lellybun
    #05 Littletinks
    #06 Nintud
    #07 Pinkpieuni
    #08 Kazzymac_2
    #09 Keedie
    #10 Rose_Crow
    #11 Balancinglife
    #12 NeverendingDMP
    #13 Coconurtaler
    #14 
    Thistimenxtyear
    #15 CraftySquirrel
    #16 Newroadahead
    #17 Aya2030
    #18 Optimistic_saver
    #19 Dizzycap
    #20 SparFuchs
    #21 MrsShazbat
    #22 Littlebigmoose
    #23 TheKickster
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    Sealed pot 2025 £1924 | EF £1031/£1000 | Sabbatical £2393/£3000 | Travel savings £1264 | Sinking pots £3463
  • Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    Sealed pot 2025 £1924 | EF £1031/£1000 | Sabbatical £2393/£3000 | Travel savings £1264 | Sinking pots £3463
  • Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    Sealed pot 2025 £1924 | EF £1031/£1000 | Sabbatical £2393/£3000 | Travel savings £1264 | Sinking pots £3463
  • ~FlowerPot~
    ~FlowerPot~ Posts: 1,538 Forumite
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    Oh go on then! 
    Maybe it will be Third time lucky!,🍀
    I will try and do the challenge, but this time it will be virtual, as I'm working a bit less now there is less actual cash coming in, so will try a virtual pot. ⚱️

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    Decluttering 2025 So far 132 / 2025
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  • Oh go on then! 
    Maybe it will be Third time lucky!,🍀
    I will try and do the challenge, but this time it will be virtual, as I'm working a bit less now there is less actual cash coming in, so will try a virtual pot. ⚱️

    You’ll be No 2 again Flowers x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    Sealed pot 2025 £1924 | EF £1031/£1000 | Sabbatical £2393/£3000 | Travel savings £1264 | Sinking pots £3463
  • Doris17
    Doris17 Posts: 848 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I am in please LMD. 😊

    "Make Everyday Count"



  • lellybun
    lellybun Posts: 458 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Me too please! Equal amounts again for me.

    Thanks for this again LMD 

    Lelly xx



    2023 Weekly Cash Envelope Savings Challenge #04

    2024 Weekly Cash Envelope Savings Challenge #03
  • Thanks for running this challenge again, LMD. I’m looking forward to taking part 😊. Can you add me too please - thank you xx
    2025 52 Week Savings Challenge (£1378) #5 5/52
    2024 52 Week Savings Challenge (£1378) #26 52/52 completed Oct 24

    Virtual Sealed Pot Challenge 2023 #2 £305.60/£300
  • Nintud
    Nintud Posts: 550 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Me please 😁
    MBNA 111.80/13997.47
    Santander 245.19/10550
    Nationwide 20/460
    Very 943/943 paid off 01/02/25
    Santander OD 0/2900
    Nationwide OD 100/200
    Mortgage 18430/125194
    EF 250/1000
    Declutterred via Vinted 53/2025
    NSD Feb 2/7
    SPC2025 #11
    52 wk envelope challenge #6 53/cash 6/virtual
    Debt repaid 2025 658.65/38650.60
    MFW 2025 13.72/107800
    Make £2025 in 2025 57.60/2025
    Friday Fiver 15/260 virtual pot, 10/260 cash

    - - - -
    What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash. (L Ellis)
  • Doris17 said:
    I am in please LMD. 😊
    Excellent Doris, you are number 3
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    Sealed pot 2025 £1924 | EF £1031/£1000 | Sabbatical £2393/£3000 | Travel savings £1264 | Sinking pots £3463
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