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365 Day 1p Challenge for 2026

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  • PostHoc25 said:
    Hi, not sure how this all works, but I'd like to join in too please. I'll be saving money monthly if that's allowed? Thanks
    The first post and the blog which is linked in that will explain how it all works.  You can save monthly, weekly or whatever. 
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free Wannabe, Budgeting and Banking and Savings and Investment boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.

    Click on this link for a Statement of Accounts that can be posted on the DebtFree Wannabe board: https://lemonfool.co.uk/financecalculators/soa.php

    The 365 Day 1p Challenge 2026 #1 £55/£667.95
    Save £12k in 2026 #1 £1000/£12000
  • Happy New Year to all.  Below is the next batch of Challengers with their reference numbers.  Please quote on updates so I can find you on the spreadsheet quicker. 

    21sstevo19
    22geordiejon
    23thegreenhouse
    24MrsShazbat
    25Prodigal50
    261stTimer
    27Christa27
    28Bogdoggirl2
    29westwalescariad
    30PostHoc25
    31RozJC
    32Litter_Picker
    33haveyoudroppedone
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free Wannabe, Budgeting and Banking and Savings and Investment boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.

    Click on this link for a Statement of Accounts that can be posted on the DebtFree Wannabe board: https://lemonfool.co.uk/financecalculators/soa.php

    The 365 Day 1p Challenge 2026 #1 £55/£667.95
    Save £12k in 2026 #1 £1000/£12000
  • Happy new year!
    I've ordered a piggy bank.
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,205 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic
    edited 5 January at 4:05PM
    Happy New Year! I've saved £75.64 which equates to the amounts for January and August :)
    LMD x

    #7 £75.64/£667.95
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4220/£6000
  • Ambyth
    Ambyth Posts: 38 Forumite
    Second Anniversary 10 Posts Name Dropper
    Happy New Year everyone.
    #19 £60.75 for January.

    I'm so excited to transfer my first 'payment' and make a start :D
  • Mowerharvey
    Mowerharvey Posts: 7 Forumite
    Photogenic First Post
    Hello and Happy New Year! Please may I join the challenge this year?
  • I would love to join this challenge as a newbie please!
  • Number 14 checking in. Just emptied my purse £3.95 in my pot. I'm doing it manually this time less chance of me stealing it and going into a shop with a load of change.  Well done everyone 
    Total debt £18,000 at the start of DFW Journey. 2018 14TH JULY 2021 DEBT FREE / 2026 struggling
    NUMBER 14 1p a day challenge 2026 £3.95 / £667.95 NUMBER 15 Pay my debts in 2026 £273/£10,000
  • Saved 3 days of money so far, I am doing the challenge backwards at this current time. January is going to be tough, especially in my current circumstances but I am determined. 👍
  • warmy
    warmy Posts: 61 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Happy new year everyone 
    Could I please join the challenge this year please?
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