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Shaynah Mills revealed how her savings grew<\/p>\nShaynah Mills, a 26-year-old NHS worker, has revealed how she was able to save \u00a315,000 towards her first home – and insists more people should use the easy hack<\/p>\n
Paige Oldfield and Eliana Nunes<\/p>\n
23:00, 12 Oct 2025<\/p>\n
Shaynah Mills revealed how her savings grew<\/p>\n
A savvy NHS<\/a> worker has managed to save \u00a315,000 towards her first home<\/a> by sticking to a clever money-saving routine.<\/p>\n Shaynah Mills, 26, a mental health healthcare assistant from Wolverhampton<\/a>, knew getting on the property ladder would take serious discipline. She still lives with her family and earns around \u00a3400 to \u00a3500 a week – but has managed to save a small fortune without giving up the things she enjoys.<\/p>\n Instead of letting spare change disappear, she began tracking every pound and putting aside whatever she could, whether it was a few quid saved on her weekly food shop or money left over from treats and gifts. Over time, those little savings have grown into a healthy \u00a315,000 deposit pot.<\/p>\n Nearly \u00a32,000 of that total, she says, came purely from using vouchers and discount codes.<\/p>\n “In my household, every penny counts,” she said. “My mum is the main earner, but I\u2019ve had to be smart with my spending and clever with how I save.”<\/p>\n Before making any online purchase – from groceries to birthday presents – Shaynah says she searches for discount codes and hidden deals, often checking sites like VoucherCodes.co.uk<\/a> to keep her spending in check.<\/p>\n Every saving, no matter how small, goes straight into her house fund.<\/p>\n \u201cI use vouchers to knock pounds off the weekly shop, find hidden discounts for birthdays and gifts and to generally save money<\/a> on my everyday spending,” Shaynah said. “The money I save goes towards my house deposit, without sacrificing the things I enjoy.”<\/p>\n Research shows that Shaynah is not alone. Young Brits are increasingly turning to online deals and vouchers as a smart way to stretch their cash.<\/p>\n According to a survey by UK Cash Access and ATM network LINK<\/a>, gift cards and vouchers were the top choice for adults receiving financial gifts last Christmas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shaynah Mills, a 26-year-old NHS worker, has revealed how she was able to save \u00a315,000 towards her first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[84,4176,5366,104,4174,4175,12252,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-210133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-house-prices","tag-nhs","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance","tag-save-money","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Shaynah](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_JS383916493.jpg\")
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Shaynah revealed she often searches for discount codes and hidden deals(Image: Jam Press\/Shaynah Mills)<\/p>\n