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
Ketchup, Homeserve resident blogger
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
Cision, number 5 of the top 10 UK Dad Blogs 2014, June 2014
Express, Top 10 Daddy Blogs, 13 June 2014
TOTS100, number 3 of the top 25 Dad Blogs 2014, June 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
TV
ITV This Morning, 22 February 2022
“Skint Dad: that’s quite a good fiesty 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
The i Paper (Third of UK shoppers now buy food from supermarkets’ yellow sticker reduced sections as cost of living spirals) 5 March 2022
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
