Tips and Resources
Christmas can be a stressful and expensive time of year.
But if you put aside some time to plan, you may be able to avoid some of that stress and the shock of your credit card bill in January.
Here you’ll find budgeting tips, steps for straightforward gift shopping, easy recipe ideas and some thrifty but thoughtful gifts.
Christmas Budgeting Tips
A budget is a very important tool and will help guide you through this time of the year when we tend to spend excessively.
Read full story
Make your own Cellophane bags
Cellophane bags, as opposed to sheets of cellophane, make wrapping homemade baked goods a breeze and are available in a variety of sizes.
Read full story
Make your own Festive Party Bags
Paper party favour bags (available in a variety of sizes) are a great solution for small, hard-to-wrap gifts and can be easily given your in...
Read full story
New Year's financial resolutions
The New Year is a great time to implement some new financial habits. Kristen Hartnett, from Moneycare, shares three ways to make 2017 the ye...
Read full story
10 steps to Christmas shopping
Kristen Hartnett, Salvation Army Moneycare Counsellor, shares her plan to cut the financial stress out of your Christmas.
Read full story
Back-to-school budgeting tips
Parents can fork out hundreds of dollars in the weeks leading up to the start of school after the summer holidays. Here's a few simple ways...
Read full story
10 affordable ideas for the school holidays
Christmas is a great time for families to get creative and participate in fun activities together that don't break the budget.
Read full story
Kids Christmas Magazine
The Salvation Army has produced a Christmas magazine for kids filled with fun puzzles, stories and craft ideas, as well as a list of enterta...
Read full story