if you were a bazillionaire -what would you do with the money?

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after doing the obvious things like buying houses/holidays/whatever etc for you and your nearest and dearest.

I think I would set up a scholarship fund, for secondary through to uni - to help people get education/support that may otherwise be denied.

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I'd set up a eurodisney trip for as many kids as possible. Can't afford to go yet but will get there someday but I always think of people who can't ever get there

Yes to nearest and dearest. I worry about where to draw the line though. 10th on the list of nearest and dearest, 20th? 30th? Someone will be on the list and misses out!

Aside from all that - dog charities. Thousands of £’s to those.

Enjoy my life

And yes I’ve thought about an education fund for underprivileged students. I’d also like to have a stock of decent housing that is affordable to rent and a fund for women who need to leave their Hs and can’t quite see a way to do it from a financial point of view. Help them get back on their feet.

Start businesses in deprived areas, preferably heavy industry not services. I know it sounds wanky - but I grew up in an area heavily dependent on coal and steel for employment, and so many people are on the bones of their arse financially and have given up hope.

I would make my town the best town in the UK! A bit like what the old Quaker families did in mill towns.

Affordable housing, funded school places, beautiful parks and public spaces, well stocked library, great sports facilities, bikes for everyone, recycling and self sufficiency, food co operatives.

But I would try and do this all quite discretely and empower the local community to do it for themselves.

Also- have a mega fancy and beautiful chalet in the alps.

Help as many people in as many ways as I could anonymously

I'd buy the listed buildings in my City, Liverpool, all of which Joe Anderson is determined to sell them off to overseas investors, who want to make them into hotels or Student accommodation.

I'd look into opening cheap leisure facilities, including an ice rink. That would provide jobs as well.

I'd see what I could do about preserving the parks etc that we have, another on Joe Anderson's hit list.

First on my list would be charities for people with LDs. Then I'd look at overseas charities preventing child marriage and supporting female causes.

I'd see if providing affordable housing was possible.

I'd sort out family then get into philanthropy.

Check myself back into a private psych unit

I’d help all the people you see trying to raise funds for medical treatment abroad that the NHS doesn’t provide. Lots of stories I hear about people, especially children, that upset me because it’s only money stopping them from life-saving treatment

Reading the above posts, I'd better not put that I'd buy fantastic quality wine

I would fund research into pain and pain management. I would also set up some type of scheme so that people with pets that can't afford their vet fees in an emergency could pay over a longer period of time.

I would set up a trust and fund (off the top of my head) museums, reasearch into Cancer, and Sepsis, fund the hospice my mum was in, and fund scholarships for arts and social sciences. I would do this all anonymously.
On a personal level I would take my children on annual trips around the world to open their eyes to all the different forms that humanity takes.
Oh and give to conservation and wildlife charities too :)

I'd setup a local dog rescue charity for my dn(25) who has had some traumatic events in life, is academically challenged but has a heart of gold for people but also especially around animals and ensure she had a job for life will a good income doing something she loved (and the support to make it work). I would also try to make sure local young adults in her position had some opportunities too. This would include trips to other rescue centres around the world to learn best practises, learning to fund raise etc.

Similar for ds (14), but he isn't sure what is his passion yet.

Right now, my FB regularly has posts of missing boys/young men, the paper has news of young men taking their own lives too often, in the last 2 years 2 young men in my works UK organisation have taken their own lives. I wasn't close to any of them, but having a son and being close to many of his friends it terrifies me one of them could be just a newspaper article one day. I would research local support for MH issues in boys/young men and see how they can be helped and improved.

I would support CHSS, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland charity in Scotland, especially to help improve support for COPD sufferers who will struggle to breathe every day until their final breath and there is no cure.

I'm sure there would be more, but my focus would be on local charities and personal experience and good quality wine

Build a hospice, where all the rooms are ground floor and have space for visitors and pets to visit - access doors big enough for beds to go outside into covered veranda so loved horses can visit (so stables, too, I guess, plus kennels and cattery). I'd work there with some hand-picked former colleagues from my oncology days.
Peaceful surroundings and a pleasant view - I know just the spot. All I need is the funds!

Plant lots of trees, fund wildlife and conservation charities and fund research into helping bees and insects.

I’d finance a number of SEN schools in my local area to meet the growing needs of vulnerable children who are being let down.

Remember the build your own house program ... Would love to help people do that .... We provide the materials.... They do the labour.... Maybe have some trailers for people to live in rent free. ..

While I'd make sure that my family and I were able to live comfortably, I'd be quietly financing many charities and projects, starting with a donation to my DCs school/collage.

I would buy a lot of land and set up nature reserves.
I would invest in tiny house building for the homeless.
Also I would have a house with lots of arcres and woodland and have an animal sanctuary.

I would pick a country with debt, maybe Nicaragua, and pay the debt off. There would be a few conditions, which some clever Nicaraguan development specialist would help me draft.

As well as being a lovely thing to do, it would mean I had a country with great beaches and nice weather to go on holiday where everyone liked me

Move back home.
Donate to the refugee council.
Buy forests and fields and maintain them.
Buy houses for all my friends.
Put money in random letter boxes.

I'd set up a not for profit shared home with support for people with dementia to live. In fact, I'd spend a lot my money on dignified care for older people.

Help my nearest and dearest.
I don't think I would give money to then though. I would make it clear that I am not a walking talking bank, I will by all means help out in difficult situations and make sure my mum, dad and siblings are all comfortable. The I would pur money away for my children if and when I have them, and my niece. I would make sure they 're set for life.

Other than that I think is buy a nice car and a nice cottage. Maybe invest into property abroad for holiday homes so that she I pass my children can take over and do as they wish with them.

I think if you give people money they expect it too much and don't appreciate it, yes if your a filthy rich and don't need to work another day, but we're still human and that's still my money, it's a privilege not a necessity.

Buy as much land in Scotland as possible for rewilding.