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Posted by Steve Pierce

Today’s tweens (8-12’s) and teens are growing up in a materialist, consumer society. They have more disposable income, more opportunities to spend and more people telling them how to spend it than their parents ever knew.

Children need guidance to learn money values and skills. If we don’t talk money we have little control over what they learn or where they learn it. Read more....

23 January 2010 | Comments (8)

Water Rates – new law to ‘rain in’ excessive charges?

Posted by Kevin Russell

Several water and sewerage companies have moved to ‘site area charging for surface water drainage’ - a levy for the removal and treatment of rain that falls on roofs, car parks and other non-permeable surfaces and drains into public sewers.

As a result, churches with large roofs or car parks, as well as other faith and community groups have been hit by huge increases in water charges – some being charged four figure sums where nothing had previously been payable....

15 January 2010 | Comments (0)