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How to make £1000 ?

31 replies

Gintime74 · 12/04/2026 12:49

I need to make £1000 over the next 3-4 months to make my budget more balanced with a small amount of flex.
I cant cut back anywhere apart from walking more and not buying take out coffees which i am doing(but as they arent budgeted for anyway this wont make a difference) Does anyone have any ideas please?
I work full time and cant take on any more unless its something i can do from home or on commute.

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alpenglow1 · 16/04/2026 14:38

Delici · 16/04/2026 06:02

That’s really interesting. Did you see Grayson Perrys programme on AI last night? It’s a series I think.

I didn't see it. Is it worth watching?

MuddlingLong · 16/04/2026 19:50

alpenglow1 · 16/04/2026 05:29

No, training the AIs themselves. So for example, you train them to help with school work (guide the student but not give away the answer straight away), or I often train them in different languages as I am multilingual and they are not very good at certain languages yet.

I'd like to know more about this please, anything I could do from home would be amazing.

LadyVioletBridgerton · 09/05/2026 12:41

I’ve made £650 since Jan 1st doing the following things:

  1. Selling on Vinted
  2. Selling on ebay
  3. Saving the £5 a month I get from NatWest cashback
  4. The 1 penny a day challenge
  5. Saving the money I get from exporting solar energy (obviously depends if you have panels)
  6. Airtime rewards (use the airtime credit to pay off my mobile phone and then transfer what I would have spent in cash to my savings)
  7. Gift cards from Jam Doughnut from places you would shop anyway eg Sainsbury’s. Save up the cashback and cash out.

Once our re-mortgage is approved, DH and I will be switching our bank accounts a few times to get some money.

Others things to consider:

Selling books and DVDs online

IpDipDipMyBlueShip · 09/05/2026 21:56

LadyVioletBridgerton · 09/05/2026 12:41

I’ve made £650 since Jan 1st doing the following things:

  1. Selling on Vinted
  2. Selling on ebay
  3. Saving the £5 a month I get from NatWest cashback
  4. The 1 penny a day challenge
  5. Saving the money I get from exporting solar energy (obviously depends if you have panels)
  6. Airtime rewards (use the airtime credit to pay off my mobile phone and then transfer what I would have spent in cash to my savings)
  7. Gift cards from Jam Doughnut from places you would shop anyway eg Sainsbury’s. Save up the cashback and cash out.

Once our re-mortgage is approved, DH and I will be switching our bank accounts a few times to get some money.

Others things to consider:

Selling books and DVDs online

What is the 1 penny a day challenge? I thought this was where you saved 1p on 1st Jan, 2p on 2nd Jan, etc.

jumpingjohnny · 09/05/2026 22:05

If you have any experience in education, exam marking. Some boards will accept university grads as markers without teaching experience. Can earn £1000ish in a season, from home, but it's not easy money (often works out less than MW).

polyt · 10/05/2026 10:15

I am buying nothing and doing nothing. Its super boring but I'm saving. Making food and beauty products stretch a hell of a lot further than usual. Stretching time between hair cuts. Using up food I already have. Looking for yellow stickers at the supermarket. ZERO luxuries.. not even supermarket flowers .. even if they are yellow sticker! Not buying lunches, taking owm food to office, no takeaways. When I go to my parents I'll have that nice cake that I'm not buying at home but parents offer me. Looking for cheaper alterantive beauty products if there is a must have that you need. Cut down on energy bills. Walk more to save petrol. If you do go out socially then drive to save money on drinking and have the cheapest item on the menu. Take up a second job or overtime. Use EVERYTHING very sparingly. Go to a food bank.

With extra jobs like pet sitting and childcare - i would assume you need insurance ?

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