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Kara / 25th October 2020

10 cheap things to do with kids during half term

10 cheap things to do with kids during half term

Ten cheap ways to keep your kids entertained over half term while maintaining social distancing… View Post

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Your Best Friend’s Guide to Cash is a moneysaving blog written by award-winning consumer journalist, Kara Gammell.

Kara has more than a decade of experience writing for national newspapers and magazines such as The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, The Metro, The Guardian, The Observer, The Sun and The Radio Times.

Kara is Editorial Director at Compare the Market’s new consumer website, Meerkat Your Life and also regularly broadcasts on national television and radio programmes such as BBC News, Radio 4, Times Radio and BBC Radio 5 Live. 

Originally from Nova Scotia, Canada, Kara lives with her young daughter in West Sussex.

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