{"id":1609,"date":"2011-06-02T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.44.80\/livingwithkids.co.uk\/to-save-or-not-to-save\/"},"modified":"2017-06-12T17:25:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T16:25:33","slug":"to-save-or-not-to-save","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/to-save-or-not-to-save\/","title":{"rendered":"To save or not to save…"},"content":{"rendered":"My self imposed plan to save 10% of all I spend is in slight disarray. It started so well, with \u00a32 and \u00a34 kerchinging cheerfully into my jam jar after a trip to the Co-op and Sainsbury, only to find myself reaching into it\u00a0 a day later, like a chimp grasping for peanuts, to fund a\u00a0 \u00a32.50 emergency ice lolly run. I blame half term. I\u2019ll let you know how it\u2019s looking at the end of June.\r\nMeanwhile, with Royal Ascot and Wimbledon round the corner – the traditional time for baiting the rich – it\u2019s\u00a0 boaters, fascinators, and witty little Philip Treacy numbers off to hedge fund boss Chris Cooper-Hohn who has donated \u00a31B to children in the last five years.\r\n\r\nHis charitable foundation,\u00a0 the Children\u2019s Investment Fund Foundation, is funded by his hedge fund business and uses the same ruthless clear-eyed efficiency to save and improve children\u2019s lives. It demonstrates, that, like KidStart, big business and small children can go hand in hand.\r\n\r\nSneering at City boys has become a bit of a national sport, and I can only go on my admittedly limited experience, but I have always found the girls and boys in the Square Mile to be among the most generous people I know. They never shirk their round, or quibble about the bill (\u201cBut I only had the daal\u201d), or suddenly have no cash for a raffle ticket. 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