AD | How to invest in your children’s future

When it comes to the prospect of starting a family, there is so much more to consider than which SnugPod to use or which nappy brand to go for. Starting a family is a big deal! And you also need to consider how you will invest in your children’s future. How to save money each week or month to go towards your child being able to buy their first car. To help with university fees or even a deposit on their first home. Investing in your children’s future should be a key thought when you start to plan a family.
Invest in your children’s future
There are so many useful and effective ways to invest in your children’s future. Every day there are new ways to save effectively and efficiently with whichever bank you are with and the options out there are vast. Which, as a parent, is comforting. However, my choice and which was also a choice of my own parents, when investing in my future, was an ISA.
If you do not know what an ISA is, it is an Individual Savings Account. There are so many different kinds of ISA’s available, but I do like the idea of the Junior Sustainable ISA. A Junior Sustainable ISA is as you save for your child’s future, the financial society you have chosen to invest with, invest in companies with economic benefits. Such as low carbon economies or any company that has an economic approach to being more sustainable and being kinder to our planet.

Shepherd’s Friendly has been handling families’ investments and caring for their members for almost 200 years. Investing in the right economic companies with fairness and simplicity to give their members the best investment outcomes.
What is Sustainable Investing?
To give you a brief overview of what sustainable investing is, it is also known as ESG investing. ESG investing will cover all environmental, social, and governance factors.
This means that the fund will invest in companies that show leadership qualities in these three key areas. This means they invest in companies that have a better economic approach. Such as tackling climate change, cutting down on waste, promoting gender equality, improving energy efficiency and so much more.
How to open a Sustainable Junior ISA
It is super simple. You can pop over to the Junior Sustainable ISA link that was previously shared in this post. Follow the simple steps and voila. It is that easy. However, if you are not looking for a Junior ISA and an ISA for yourself. Then you can check out the Sustainable Stocks and Shares ISA available with Shepherds Friendly as an alternative option.

Whether you are investing in your children’s future, or your own – or both! It is a solid investment plan and you’ll be supporting sustainable companies that look out for the planet, just like you do. And both benefiting from the cause.
*When you invest, your capital is at risk
Have you ever looked into a Sustainable ISA before?
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