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Save £12k in 2026 challenge (or any other amount to challenge yourself!)

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  • MrsG2006
    MrsG2006 Posts: 15 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker

    #40 reporting £792.45 for April please

  • Sandyra
    Sandyra Posts: 331 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Cashback Cashier

    I’m back, recording another £1500 for April, total of £3225.

    Thanks for managing.

    MFW 26 #32 £2,686.88/£6,000; MFW 25 #32 £9,594.51/£3,000; MFW 24 #32 £4,217.84/£3,000; MFW 23 #32 £5,238.84/£4,000; MFW 22 #32 £8,246.43/£8,000; MFW 21 #32 £8,982.73/£8,000; MFW 20 #32 £12,000/£6,000

    Save £12k in 2026 #32 £8,625/£18,000; Save £12k in 2025 #48 £20,000/£14,000; Save £12k in 2024 #26 £13,055.37/£6,000; Save £12k in 2023 #31 £11,500/£6,000; Save £12k in 2022 #32 £7,180.24/£7,000; Save £12k in 2021 #32 £9,500/£8,000; Save £12k in 2020 #147 £9,370/£8,000

  • Pucky89
    Pucky89 Posts: 25 Forumite
    Second Anniversary 10 Posts

    #25 double update from me, sorry about that.

    March 869.61

    April 1059

  • time2change_2
    time2change_2 Posts: 72 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper

    #10 reporting

    £287.37 for March - sorry for missing this off.

    £426.29 for April

    Thank you both for running this.

    Declutter 2024 :277

    Save £12k: #47 £4757.58/£12000

    Grocery challenge: £2080 pa, bulk buy £520 pa
  • simsielover3
    simsielover3 Posts: 5 Forumite
    Name Dropper First Post

    #36 reporting early but adding £250 for late may when payday arrives. Decided to move my money yet again to YBS as they don’t allow withdrawals for 14 days, I kept on having the urge to dip into my savings whilst with nationwide and NatWest. I found that having a separate savings account at a different bank has really helped me. 🙂 hopefully will reach my £1k goal soon and then reassess the amount I’d like to save.

  • Caeraugirl
    Caeraugirl Posts: 608 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper

    #15 Caeraugirl £1500 for May please. £1000 was going into a Vanguard pension account until this month, with the other £500 in regular savings, but due to the uncertain economic climate and hopes of retiring in next year, I've halved the pension payments and put the other half into my cash ISA.

    I'm lucky enough to have a small NHS pension (took partial retirement at 56), but will still need the extra cash the Vanguard pension will give me until I hit SPA (another 9+ years).

    #15 Save £12k in 2026 £7500/£12000


  • Bridlington1
    Bridlington1 Posts: 4,704 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper

    Have you ever thought of using an account that has to be managed in branch/post? At least then it's more effort to make withdrawals as you have to faff about with writing letters, sending off passbooks etc. Mansfield BS currently have a regular saver at 6% that's branch/post withdrawals only (for details see The Top Regular Savers Discussion Thread). Alternatively an account that doesn't allow partial withdrawals and instead needs to be manually closed if you want the funds early.

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