Video – Talking Money
DadTalk and Family Matters Institute CEO Matt Buttery discusses finances from a dad and families point of view.
He covers budgeting, talking about money with your kids, advice on what to do if you have a surplus and what to do if your in debt.
You spend a lot of time earning money to buy food- and when that food is wasted you're also losing money. In the UK we throw away 9.5 million tonnes of food each year. As the waste food degrades in landfill sites it releases methane gas which contributes to global...
The UK furlough scheme will come to an end this week on 30th September. Since March 2020, 11.6 million UK workers have been furloughed by their employers as a result of the Covid pandemic. The UK government has been paying up to 80% of their wages in order to keep...
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery. --Charles Dickens Money. It's not a fun subject, but a necessary one. Sorting your finances gives...
Raising children is an eye-wateringly expensive business- particularly in a cost of living crisis. But when the burden falls entirely to one parent it can feel especially stressful. In 2023 the cost of raising a child in the UK rose to £166,000 for a couple and...
Splitting up is incredibly stressful for parents, and devastating for children. There are, however, ways to side-step the fighting between you and instead create a working partnership to continue co-parenting your child. The way to this is a child-centered divorce,...
Gone is the nuclear family of yesteryear- blended families are the norm. So what is a blended family? It's a mix of stepchildren, new partners, ex partners, and in-laws. How can we navigate what constitutes a modern 'blended' family and encourage harmony between...
