First Contact Card
Three printed cards. Kitchen drawer. The first numbers anyone needs.
What this brief is
Card I — household emergency (split across two parts so all family numbers fit at canonical size). Card II — children: school, GP, allergies, after-school. Card III — pet: vet, microchip, guardian. Designed at canonical card size so the deck reads as institutional rather than improvised.
How this brief is read
Read the sample on this page, using the Pemberton-Walsh household throughout.
Open a free account and the brief becomes editable with your own data — your records, your trusted persons, your professional advisers.
Household Continuity Dossier membership (£195 first year, then £99/year) holds the record on the register, prompts the annual review, and issues the Governance Letter when a circumstance changes.
From the brief
A household folder is useless if nobody knows it exists. These cards sit where anyone can find them — in a wallet, on the fridge, in the bedside drawer, on a trusted person's keyring. Three cards. Print one set for each adult; one full set for the kitchen.
Card I · Household Emergency
- Family — first call: the named trusted person and named guardian. Mobile and address.
- Family — backup: the substitute attorney or secondary trusted person. Mobile and address.
- Solicitor: name, firm, direct line. Notes what they hold and the matter reference.
- GP & NHS: practice name, address, phone. Registered: list all household members.
How to use these cards
Print on archival card stock. Phone numbers, addresses, and recovery codes should be written by hand on the back of each card — never held in the digital file only. Refresh every six months alongside the household continuity review — typically when the clocks change in March and October.
The full brief continues — personalised with your household's details.