The Family Budget Unit

News

July 2007

Hermione Parker died on 11 July 2007.

Mimi Parker was founder, Trustee and inspiration of the Family Budget Unit and for many years served as its Director and driving force. She contributed to the book published by Ashgate in 1993 and was reponsible for the two reports on budget standards for families in 1998 and pensioners in 2000, both published by Policy Press. She also did the budgets for Muslim families and low paid families in the East End of London in 2001.

Objectives

The Family Budget Unit (FBU) is an educational charity (No 298813) and private limited company (No 221 1830), founded in 1987, with three objectives:

To advance the education of the public in all matters relating to comparative living standards and living costs throughout the United Kingdom

To carry out research into the economic requirements and consumer preferences of families of different composition, for each main component of a typical family budget

To publish the useful results of such work.