![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/im-a-single-mum-but-my-easy-tips-help-me-save-more-than-1700-a-year/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/money-saving-mum.jpg&description=SINGLE mum Rafaella Borba had to find new ways to get by when her daughter Maria was born, and it made her scout out options to save. The Brazil native, who moved to London in 2019 and now lives in Cambridgeshire, saves more than £1,700 a year on clothes and food. Single mum Rafaella Borba had to find new ways to get by when her daughter Maria, now aged three, was born The Brazilian moved to London in 2019 before she moved to Cambridgeshire She told The Sun her attitude towards money really changed when her daughter was born in January 2020. Keen to provide for her baby, even though she couldn't work full time, she started to offer her marketing skills to small businesses in her local area as well as the Brazilian community in London. The now 34-year-old said: 'I was on my own with my girl, having left my family and having an ex-husband. It was scary. 'I wanted to do the right thing for me and my daughter, but it could be almost overwhelming. "When I was still pregnant, I was writing down the list of things that I would need to buy, and realised I wasn't prepared at all. "It was scary especially because I wasn't working at that time and not on benefits either, so was just my ex partner income and my small savings from Brazil that I used to convert and use here." To help, she signed up for Facebook groups set up by Brazilians living in London, where she could get free advice on everything from types of milk to buy for babies to how to find a GP. They also had practical money-saving tips, including how to get free clothes. Thanks to offers of free clothing on the social media platform, she now saves more than £1,000 a year on her baby's clothes. While her Facebook groups were for Brazilians and in Portuguese, there are plenty of others to make the most of on Facebook. Simply search for keywords such as "new mum", "free clothes" and "advice" and look at local community groups too. Rafaella explained: 'For me, a single mum with a baby girl, one of the biggest pluses h){kind=link}
SINGLE mum Rafaella Borba had to find new ways to get by when her daughter Maria was born, and it made her scout out options to save.
The Brazil native, who moved to London in 2019 and now lives in Cambridgeshire, saves more than £1,700 a year on clothes and food.
She told The Sun her attitude towards money really changed when her daughter was born in January 2020.
Keen to provide for her baby, even though she couldn’t work full time, she started to offer her marketing skills to small businesses in her local area as well as the Brazilian community in London.
The now 34-year-old said: “I was on my own with my girl, having left my family and having an ex-husband. It was scary.