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How we saved over £300 a year by switching energy provider

April 24, 2018 by Molly 6 Comments

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Being a grown-up can be dull at times, no? For me, there is nothing more mind-numbingly dull than thinking about bills. Council tax bills, energy bills, grocery bills… it’s all a bit… meh. However, while I don’t enjoy having to think about this stuff, I DO enjoy saving money. The less money spent on the essentials and less interesting stuff, the more we get to spend on fun stuff. So, every now and again, I put my big girl pants on and force myself to be a grown-up.

Recently, we decided to do a bit of a family budget overhaul. We changed up our meal plans, reorganised how we do our grocery shopping and finally put our minds to something we’d been putting off for ages… taking a proper look at how much we spend on energy.

We’d been with the same energy supplier for electricity and gas since we moved in at the end of 2013 and, four and a half years later, it was time to do a bit of a review and check we were getting the best deal for our money. It turns out, we weren’t.

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I’d always put this task off, thinking it would be a major hassle to switch, or that we’d have to pay a huge get-out of contract fee to our current supplier. Plus, looking at energy bills is no one’s idea of fun really, is it? However, a quick glance at the Energy Switch Guarantee website proved me wrong. While you can’t switch via the website, and Energy UK don’t sell any products via their site, they do provide lots of easily digestible information about how to make a switch. Within five minutes I was convinced it was a move worth looking into.

I did a quick comparison on one of the recommended websites using information about our energy consumption on our latest bill. Within minutes I’d found our current supplier was at the bottom of the list of cheapest suppliers for our area. If we changed to a different supplier we’d save over £300 a year – not a figure to be sniffed at.

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I’d worried before that switching supplier was a headache inducing task, requiring hours on the phone to call centre staff and looking up reams of indecipherable energy unit numbers. I was wrong. The whole transfer process is handled by the provider you’re switching to, and it only takes 21 days. Simon was concerned we’d have a gap in supplier while they moved us over, but that’s not the case either. You continue to use your existing provider right up to the point you switch. It’s so painless you don’t even realise it’s happening!

The Energy Switch Guarantee website answered all of our questions before we’d even looked into other suppliers, and it was comforting to know we weren’t being “sold at” while we were looking into it all. It’s just free, impartial, easy to understand advice. A quick five minutes of reading then a 30 second investigation online ended up saving us more than £300. That’s the quickest £300 I’ve ever earned!

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Thanks to Energy UK for working with me on this post. For more information about how I work with brands check out my Work With Me page. 

 

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Comments

  1. A Mum Reviews says

    April 26, 2018 at 11:46 am

    That’s a great saving! Wow!

    Reply
    • Molly says

      April 30, 2018 at 9:34 am

      Isn’t it? Can’t believe we didn’t switch sooner!

      Reply
  2. Deborah Nicholas says

    April 26, 2018 at 10:47 am

    I try to check mine every year just to make sure im saving as much as possible but time passes way too fast so i need to do it again!

    Reply
    • Molly says

      April 30, 2018 at 9:35 am

      It’s such an easy thing to forget about isn’t it? x

      Reply
  3. claire | The ladybirds adventures says

    April 24, 2018 at 5:46 pm

    I switch our energy suppliers regularly too. boring but big savings to be made.

    Reply
    • Molly says

      April 30, 2018 at 9:36 am

      It’s definitely worth doing isn’t it? x

      Reply

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Hello and welcome! I'm Molly Forbes - podcaster, presenter and blogger with a passion for positivity, confidence and body image chat. Regularly writing and vlogging about empowering female issues from a motherhood angle, I also cover lifestyle and fashion topics for like-minded mums who want to rediscover themselves after having children. Thanks for stopping by! Read More…

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Research shows kids who have low body image are less likely to get involved with sports and more likely to skip PE. 
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Want kids to move more? Stop teaching them that one type of body is better than another - because if their body doesn’t look like your version of a healthy / beautiful / successful body not only will they be more likely to feel shame over their body, they’ll be less likely to engage with the very behaviours you want them to do more of (or be more likely to engage with them in an UNhealthy way - compulsive exercise is dangerous).
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💕Try talking about the intrinsic benefits of exercise over the extrinsic ones (ie. how it makes you FEEL instead of how it makes you LOOK).
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💕Show children diverse representation so they can see sporting heroes with a range of body types and know that movement is for EVERYbody. 
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Sharing this outfit pic with you because it’s a Sharing this outfit pic with you because it’s a crying shame only the piles of laundry got to see it, quite frankly. Finally, a pair of pre-loved jeans bought online that are true to size, consistent with the rest of the brand’s sizing and actually fit! 🎉 
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PS heads up - I’ll be doing a Q&A about body image and kids in my Stories on Friday. The Q sticker is up in my Stories now if you’d like to submit a Q! 💕 #BodyHappyKids
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I honestly now get excited about putting my boots on and being outdoors, even in the rain. I’m going to start hugging trees next and going on wild camping weekends that involve doing a poo behind a tree and making my own fire. Joke.... maybe. 
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Just another reminder that all movement is valid, exercise doesn’t need to have to be about burning calories or even tracking steps in order for it to be “worth it”. Hope everyone’s had a great weekend ❤️
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I could leave this caption here but I need to make something clear: if you think it’s great that my daughter - a thin, white, nondisabled, cisgender kid - feels good in her body but you’re not here for the self-love of any kid who doesn’t look like her.... then you’ve missed the point.
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ALL bodies are good bodies, and without this important piece of the puzzle ALL children will be at risk of doubting their body. And what happens when they doubt their body? Well... hating our body doesn’t make us treat it with love, and the same is true of kids. 
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I used to struggle to buy stuff for myself if I ha I used to struggle to buy stuff for myself if I had any spare cash - not just treats, but basics like pants and tights that fit properly. I’d tell myself I didn’t need it, didn’t deserve it, couldn’t justify the expense. There’s still that little voice (the habit of putting everyone else’s needs first and my own last dies hard it seems) but I’m leaning into exploring why it still sometimes rears its head, instead of always listening to it. 
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I’m trying to buy as much as I can from pre-loved places or small businesses these days, which is why I’m very happy to share with you some of my latest finds: a star dress from Depop (£5), earrings from @kelzojewellery by @ourtransitionallife (£12) and the comfiest tights I’ve ever owned in Raspberry Pie by @snagtights (£6.99) 💕💕💕
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