Hi All, Firstly many thanks again to Melanie and Steve for sponsering the evening, and to everyone else for all their hard work in organising another excellent evening. I thought that the Slough meeting was brilliant, but this one surpassed it - everything was just right. Good friendly atmosphere, g...

Hi Ange,

Cant wait to see everyone again and meet some new friends,

Trevor. (+Alison)

I really can’t believe this, but yesterday I made my 12th payment into my IVA, and the first year has absolutely shot past! One year in, my life has changed beyond all recognition. A year ago my finances were a complete mess, I was worrying about making all my minimum payments and each month getting...

I use John Tegg (Protect IVA) to insure my IVA payments, and having met him and his lovely wife at the Slough Frugal Friends meeting I can't recommend him highly enough. http://www.protectiva.co.uk/ In my case it’s a tiny £14 a month to guarantee my £315 payment right the way through to month 60 fol...

Having done a quick search, Donal MacIntryre's show is on BBC Radio 5 Live (909 and 693MW) on Sundays from 7-8pm.

Should be worth a listen!

Trevor.

11 Payments down, 49 to go! (18% through!)

Hi,

I will be there with my other half Alison.

Trevor.

Around 2 weeks ago I heard of a discount that EDF are doing of 15% for people who spend more than 10% of their disposable income on gas/electric. The Tariff reduction is called Energy Assist. (It is a straight 15% reduction of whatever tariff you are on now with EDF.) Give them a call to see if you ...

Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone I met at the Slough frugal friends meeting. Walking in there on my own wasn’t the easiest decision I’ve ever made, but everyone made me feel so welcome. I’m sure I’ve made some friendships that will last a very long time indeed. I enjoyed it so much tha...

Hi All, I have just booked our room too! As a heads up for everyone, I asked about room availability. There are now 7 double rooms left, with 8 family rooms that can be sold at the cheaper double room price, with several singles left too. There is a wedding in the same night as us, so if you are pla...

Hi All, A heads up for everyone. The Sun £9.50 holidays are back from tomorrow (Sat 30th August), so get collecting your 7 tokens for yet another cheap holiday. This time they have 160 parks to choose from in England, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Wight, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Holland and Bel...

Hi All, I have just booked a £10 Monday to Friday holiday with Pontins, and thought I would share the code and phone number with you all. Its £10 for the holiday, per room, not per person. Its valid on all Monday to Friday breaks in September. You even get given £20 in pontins pounds when you check ...

Count me in, I will be there!

Trevor.

In that case count me in!

See you all then,

Trevor.

Hi Melanie, What time of day is the meeting? I have overtime that day, so can only make late afternoon / evening. I am "one of yours" and am so happy with my IVA, I can't believe I've made 9 payments already, it just seems like yesterday I saw you in Cardiff! It would be lovely to meet up again. Tre...

Hi All, (First post!) I am a single tenant with 47K of unsecured debts and no assets. When it came to choosing an IP Melanie Giles stood out to me as the best choice by some margin, a view reinforced by all the helpful postings on here. Having looked through all the posts leading up to the day of th...