National Money Week - 12-16 March 2012
National Money Week is taking place to enhance Financial Capability of students, however at University of St Andrews we are opening the Week up to staff and hope that both Students and Staff will take part and staff encourage students and staff to come along to events. The National Money Week has the backing of Moneydoctors - CFEB, NASMA, AMOSSHE, NUS; Credit Action; Experian, SAAS and many more organisations.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
13 -15 March, Tuesday-Thursday, Have a Money/Financial question and not sure who to ask? Come along to Drop in Sessions Next Week:--
10:00 am - 12:30 pm, Tuesday 13th March 2012, Student Services, 2nd Floor, Union Building.
10:30 am - 3:30 pm, Wednesday 14th March 2012, The ASC, 79 North Street.
10:30 am - 3:30 pm, Thursday 15th March 2012, The ASC, 79 North Street.
12-16 March , Monday-Friday, Money Tree/Money Toilet, The ASC, 79 North Street
This will be based in the ASC all week and will be out and about during the week throughout the University. Drop into the ASC and add a positive money tip or a tip which is best to be avoided. Best tips wins prizes. Spot the Money Tree out and about the University and emailing the location to money.advice@st-andrews.ac.uk -added to the prize draw!
12-16 March , Monday-Friday, Guess the prices of meal ingredients, The ASC, 79 North Street
There will be a different meal everyday guess the Price- the nearest to the cost- wins the goods, there will be 10 meals to win over the full week based in the ASC all week. Looking for a Recipe or tonight's dinner or lunch tomorrow, Check out Receipe book (PDF, 502 KB) Enjoy!
Save Money Cleaning
Vinegar, Bicarbonate of Soda, Washing Soda Crystals, Soda water, Lemon Juice, Salt and Soap Bars will clean most things just as well as the expensive products in the shops.
White Vinegar on paper towels will clean glass and mirrors (1 part of distilled vinegar to 9 parts of water). Use newspaper or paper towels. Put your mixture into a spray bottle. A "50:50"mix of vinegar and water can remove lime scale in the kitchen or bathroom. Don't leave it on the taps for more than a few minutes. Spray on, rub and rinse it off with water. It will also descale your kettle (or put 2 denture tablets in the kettle overnight). Remember to rinse it out well afterwards!
Washing Soda Crystals will keep drains clear. 1 cup a month down the plug holes with a kettleful or water.
Lemon Juice is great for cutting grease.
Soda Water: Coffee or red wine stains?- Pour soda water on the stain, and press a towel onto it to soak up and remove as much moisture as possible. Thump the towel onto the carpet, but don't scrub the carpet flat.
Bicarbonate of Soda: For deodorising, dissolve some Biocarbonate of soda in water, and use a cloth to wipe it round the inside of your fridge. Sprinkle it on carpets, and upholstery and leave it for an hour or longer then hover it off. (Try Bicarbonate of soda in stinky shoes and trainers!) Bicarbonate of soda can be used to scrub tea and coffe stains off mugs. If you burn a pan black(Note: Please not for non-stick pans), add a teaspoon of Bicarbonate of soda and half a litre of water, boil for 10 minutes, then let it col and it will then be much easier to scrub clean.