Household Budget
Managing Your Affairs: Managing Your Money
Being unemployed can bring huge financial challenges with it.
Maintaining Your Health and Well-being in Times of Crisis
Becoming unemployed and worrying about the subsequent financial constraints can place a huge strain on the person affected and also on their family.
Top Tips for Maximizing your Income
Contacting MABS, the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, and budgeting correctly is an important step in ensuring your income goes as far as possible, however there are some other things you can try to ensure you maximize your income.
Glossary of Terms
The glossary of terms (below) is a summary of the Jargon Buster tool which can be found on the Money Advice and Budgeting Service website (www.mabs.ie).
A Quick and Easy Guide to Growing Your own Vegetables
In time of financial struggle, and especially in modern times when families are increasingly health and diet-conscious, growing your own vegetables is a great means of saving money, while still giving your family access to organically grown nutrients.
Family Entertainment on a Budget
10 Fun Activities for Families to Enjoy for Free or for Next to Nothing
Whether it’s the school summer holidays, or festive activities in the run up to Christmas, planning for family days out can be a year-long pressure for parents on a tight budget.
Whether you’re currently working or receiving Social Welfare, you probably get your money through the banking system and rarely hold actual cash in your hand.
Several years ago, South Carolina dairyman Tom Trantham presented me with a conundrum. "We grow great peaches here," he said, "some of the best in the country. But once they're picked, they disappear - at least for a little while."
I have a confession to make.
Before I became a mother, I used to look down on SAHMs with housekeepers and/or nannies. “You stay at home all day,” I thought to myself. “Can’t you clean when the baby’s sleeping? And why would you need help raising a kid?”
In today's cash-strapped economy, creating a strong household budget is a necessity for many families.
