Fiver Friday Challenge 2026

lastbigspender

£10 today 🥳🥳

I have set this up with Monzo as I have automated it to come out every Friday 👌👌

Really looking forward to see the balance grow 😃😃

Suffolksue

First fiver in nominated ( in my head ) account !

Coxy11

Hello all and happy Friday!!

Welcome @Spendless - good to see you here and well done on your first fiver deposit!

I took last year's total and moved it to another account paying a slightly (marginally) better rate. That account already had a balance of monies for 'fun' so it made sense to merge the two. I have bought a 10 class yoga pass with some of it plus a felting class for June.

My 2026 Fiver Friday account is now clear to start afresh for this year and my first fiver deposit went in today. Like @lastbigspender said, it's only the cost of a takeaway coffee a week, so doubt many of us will miss it. 

Totals on page 1 updated to here.

Have a good week all
Coxy

Matron_Midge

#2 starting off with £5 deposited into my account 
Like some of you, I have moved last years savings, along with the interest, into our long term savings so I am starting afresh with the same intention of using the money for our Christmas food/drink shop.

lastbigspender

Matron_Midge said:

#2 starting off with £5 deposited into my account 
Like some of you, I have moved last years savings, along with the interest, into our long term savings so I am starting afresh with the same intention of using the money for our Christmas food/drink shop.

I take it this is savings separate from the £5 Friday Challenge??

Also what is the long term savings account and does it offer good interest??

Matron_Midge

Yes it’s a separate a/c that I had previously and I use it for this - I have a DD that pays in £5 every Friday.
As long as I keep £1 in it, it stays open for me todo as I wish.

If you mean were there a separate savings pot then no, I saved all year - £260 plus interest. I was going to use it for Christmas b it I didn’t need it so it stayed intact.

The a/c I use for LTS is a Yorkshire building society saver that gives instant access if required with no penalty. The downside is, for that convenience, the Interest rate is at 2.95%

RhiBi

Please can I join this challenge?

RhiBi

I have created a standing order to my Chase savings account for £5 starting on 9th January.  There is currently £25.03 in that account, so I’ll leave that there as a starting point.