What if you needed to raise £25,000? Seems impossible, right? Break it down! and ask yourself “What could I do today?”
Better than a poke in the eye with a wet fish (or light a candle instead of cursing the darkness): Raising £25,000 is the same as raising £2,500 10 times. Break it down. Raising £2,500 is the same as raising £250 10 times. Raising £250 is the same as raising £25 10 times. (And of course, if you happen to be raising money for a good cause, asking everyone you know to ask everyone they know to give £2.50 is better than a poke in the eye with a wet fish.)
How to make £250 this week What could you do today, tomorrow, the day after that? The prospect of saving up a large amount can be daunting, but you’ve got to start somewhere and I bet you could do one of these:
- Find something in your house worth £25 that you don’t use to auction online.
- Look at your bank account and make a saving of £25 by cancelling a subscription or membership you don’t use.
- Save £25 on your shopping by making a shopping list, downgrading brands, planning to use leftovers or making better use of your freezer.
- Start a savings account and set up a standing order for £25 a month or make your savings work harder by moving to a better rate. Look into investments. (See number 10!)
- Move your credit card debt to a 0% deal and save more than £25 on interest payments.
- Move your household bills to different providers to save money – probably more than £25 a time.
- Save at least £25 by buying items you use a lot in bulk when they are on special offer. For instance, a pack of cards is cheaper than buying birthday cards year round.
- Shop early (or buy in bulk) for Christmas and birthdays to avoid being taken in by attractive advertising.
- Save £5 a day for a week by taking packed lunch to work.
- Get a Money MOT with a financial advisor. Make a spreadsheet of all your incomings and outgoings before you go.
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Learn something new Do you have a skill you can sell or could you learn one? I bet you could make at least £25 from one of ideas listed below. And once you’ve done that, take another small step and another one….
- acupuncture,
- adult parties,
- advice-giving,
- apple growing,
- babysitting,
- bee-keeping,
- bicycle repairs,
- book-keeping,
- building work,
- busking,
- cake decorating,
- car boot sales,
- car washing
- card making,
- career guidance,
- catering,
- chutney making,
- copywriting,
- counselling,
- CV writing,
- decorating,
- dog walking,
- drawing,
- drama club running,
- event coordination,
- flower arranging,
- fortune telling,
- gardening,
- gift buying,
- greeting card rhymes,
- hair design,
- herb growing,
- housesitting,
- hypnotherapy,
- I.T. tuition,
- interior design,
- ironing,
- joke writing,
- judo instruction,
- juggling,
- kite making,
- knitting,
- lacemaking,
- language teaching,
- life guarding,
- local history talks,
- make-up design,
- massage,
- murder mystery parties,
- music tuition,
- musical accompaniment,
- mystery shopping,
- nail painting,
- organising,
- origami,
- party throwing,
- personal training,
- photography,
- private tuition,
- proof-reading,
- puppeteering,
- quiz writing,
- recipe testing,
- review writing,
- sand carving,
- sewing,
- soap making,
- staff training,
- stand-up comedy,
- stewarding,
- storytelling,
- tarot card reading,
- tour guiding,
- unicycle riding (OK ‘U’ was a hard one!),
- van driving,
- walking tours,
- website design,
- wedding planning,
- eXercise instructor
- yoga teaching,
- zumba teaching.
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