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Awards, Media and Press

Ricky and Naomi Willis from Skint Dad are multi-award winners and have been sought out to feature in national press, online media and appear on radio & television.

Need a quote? Want Naomi or Ricky to appear on your television or radio show? Maybe you would like Skint Dad to feature in your fantastic publication.

Perhaps you want Naomi’s (aka Skint Mum) slant on money-saving – get in touch.

Columnist and contributor

MyVoucherCodes
– Cheap Days Out

PayPlan, contributor

Metro, contributor

Mirror Online, contributor

The Sun, contributor

Quidco, blogger

MoneyAware (StepChange Debt Charity), column

Kent and Sussex Courier, weekly Skint Dad column

Awards and recognition

Best Money Making Blog 2019, UK Money Blogger Awards

Best Money Saving Blog 2019, UK Money Blogger Awards

People’s Choice Award 2019, UK Money Blogger Awards

Money Blogger of the Year 2018, UK Money Blogger Awards

People’s Choice Award 2018, UK Money Blogger Awards

Best Money Saving Blog 2018, UK Money Blogger Awards

Best Social Media – runner-up 2018, UK Money Blogger Awards

Vuelio Top 10 Personal Finance Blog, November 2018 and 2019

People’s Choice Award 2017, UK Money Blogger Awards

Headline Money Awards, Winner of the Financial Blog of the Year 2016

Santander UK Financial Media Awards, finalist for the Money Blogger of the Year 2016

Best Podcast, Vlog or Social Media SHOMOs 2016, for our work on Reduce Your Supermarket Spend

SHOMOs, highly commended Money Blogger of the Year 2016

SHOMOs, runner up Best Frugal Food Blog 2016

SHOMOs, runner up Best Debt Blog 2016

MAD Blog Awards, finalist of Best Thrifty Blog 2016

Santander UK Financial Media Awards, finalist for the Money Blogger of the Year 2015

SHOMOs, winner of the Money Blogger of the Year 2015

SHOMOs, winner of the Best Frugal and Thrift Blog 2015

SHOMOs, finalist in the Best Personal Finance Blog 2015

SHOMOs, finalist in the Best Lifestyle and Money Blog 2015

SHOMOs, finalist in the Best Social Media 2015

SHOMOs, finalist in the Most Innovative Blog 2015

MAD Blog Awards, finalist for the Best Thrifty Blog 2015

Plutus Awards, finalist for the Best International Personal Finance Blog 2015

PeerIndex, number 6 in the top 50 most influential people tweeting about money, personal finance, banks and bargains

MAD Blog Awards, winner of the Best Thrifty Blog 2014

MAD Blog Awards, finalist for the Best New Blog 2014

Plutus Awards, finalist for the Best International Personal Finance Blog 2014

Brilliance in Blogging, shortlisted in Commentary & Campaigns 2014

Love All Dads Awards, winner of Most Likely to Become Famous 2014

Love All Dads Awards, winner of Tight As a Ducks Butt 2014

Savoo’s Smartest Shopper 2013

TV

ITV This Morning, 22 February 2022

“Skint Dad: that’s quite a good feisty site” – Alice Beer, This Morning

‘Skint’ finance bloggers ditch Tunbridge Wells for Hull, BBC News (Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, South East) April 2021

Money-conscious bloggers dub Hull the North’s ‘best kept secret’, ITV News East Yorkshire, April 2021

BBC Victoria Derbyshire Show, discussing housing, 8 March 2018

ITV Tonight, Buy Today, Pay Tomorrow, 9 March 2017

ITV Good Morning Britain, discussing debt, 3 February 2016

ITV This Morning, discussing debt and payday loans,  22 January 2016

BBC The One Show with Anne Robinson, 19 August 2015

Yahoo Finance, interview, September 2014

ITV This Morning, discussing Surviving on the Breadline with Shelter, 28 August 2014

Radio 

There are also a variety of shows not listed and Naomi ow talks regularly on BBC radio.

Share Radio with Georgie Frost, Naomi discusses loyalty points, January 2017

Share Radio, Ask Sarah and Women & Money Show

  • Naomi talks on Women & Money about making quick cash for Christmas, November 2016
  • Naomi talks to Sarah Pennells on Ask Sarah about the cost of children, September 2016
  • Naomi talks to Sarah Pennells on Ask Sarah about  saving without making an effort, July 2016

BBC Radio WB with Danny Kelly, Naomi has spoken on a variety of subjects including budgeting and shopping, since June 2016

BBC Radio WB with Mollie Green, Skint Mum answers some money saving questions, 20 September 2014

BBC Radio WB with Mollie Green, 11 January 2014

BBC Radio Kent with Julia George, 2 December 2013

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Online

iNews

The i Paper (Third of UK shoppers now buy food from supermarkets’ yellow sticker reduced sections as cost of living spirals) 5 March 2022

Financial Times

Daily Express

BBC

Money Helper (formally the Money Advice Service)

The Times (and in print), 26 January 2017

Tesco Magazine, September 2016

Ashleigh Money Saver, 5 tried and tested ways to reduce your food bill, 18 June 2015

Soha Housing, top tips to reduce your supermarket spend, 26 February 2015

TOTS100, Pro-Blogger Interview – Ricky Willis, Skint Dad Blog, 18 February 2015

Money Advice Service, keep your children and your wallet happy this half term, 14 February 2015

BT, columnist

Huffington Post, August 2014

MyFamilyClub, Skint Dad’s Six Sneaky Money Saving Tips, 7 May 2014

Which! Conversation, My Christmas payday loan sent me into a spiral of debt, 12 December 2013

MyFamilyClub, Money, money, money, in a Skint Dad’s World, 2 December 2013

Money Saving Expert, £10k comping prize turns SkintDad into winning dad, 19 November 2013

Savoo blog, Meet the UK’s Smartest Shopper 2013, 21 November 2013

In Print

Naomi and Ricky Willis regularly appear in magazines and newspapers.

More recently, we have been asked for quotes or featured in:

  • Asda magazine
  • The Times
  • The Guardian
  • The Sun
  • Waitrose Weekend magazine
  • Tesco Magazine
  • Weight Watchers magazine
  • Quids in! Winter 2016 edition
  • Kent and Sussex Courier
  • Kent on Sunday
  • Take a Break

If you are looking for a quote or interview from Ricky (Skint Dad), Naomi (Skint Mum) or them as a couple, please contact naomi@skintdad.co.uk

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Ricky and Naomi Willis, founders and editors of the Skint Dad website.

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