would someone just TELL me what to do with this child £250 government voucher thingie and i'll do it. all the info i've read is too confusing. what do i do with it?

[AitchTwoOh]

and that's if i can find it, of course... why on earth would you send something so important to a woman with a small baby? i have no idea where it is but assuming i can find it, i have about two weeks to get it sorted out.

what did everyone else do with them?
thanks ever so much in advance... once i've cracked this i'm going to start a thread asking how to become less admin-phobic, i promise

[totaleclipse]

I forgot too, and they opened an account on my behalf.

[lulumama]

you have 13 months to do it!

i opened it with asda as got a #25 george gift voucher! not a financial whizz ,me!

[DumbledoresGirl]

If you like, just leave it and do nothing. You don't lose the money. The government open an account for you with it if you don't act within the time limit. I know this, because I forgto to do anything about the one my son got.

[littleducks]

you can change the account at any time, so why not go with one that gives you free vouchers, asda/boots/mothercare and if you wangt a more financially driven decision later change it.

[mrsflowerpot]

here you go .

Yorkshire and Britannia come out top and you can usually do it online .

[AitchTwoOh]

i can do it online? now you're talking, mrs flowerpot, thanks. i do like moneysavingexpert but this whole subject brings me out in hives for some reason. (i almost wish you hadn't told me i had 13 months, lulu... i'll just put it off now...)

[CristinaTheAstonishing]

If you don't do it yourself they'll get invested automatically after a while. We went that route.