The title of this piece might suggest that if you know how to go about it, you might be able to retain the full amount of any redundancy lump sum you receive if you are unfortunate enough to lose your job while in an Individual Voluntary Arrangement. In fact, you may have to contribute a large part of any monies you receive in this way, to your IVA. However, there are circumstances where you may be able to retain part or even all of the money. Much depends on how you yourself approach the issue, how your supervisor deals with the matter and crucially how your creditors view your changed circumstances. The first thing to do is to immediately inform your IVA supervisor, that is the insolvency practitioner (IP) whom the creditors have appointed, of your new circumstances. Your supervisor is obliged to keep your creditors informed and will advise you what to do. What you must avoid doing is blowing the money or a substantial part of it on, for example a holiday or on other extravagant expenditure, tempted as might well be to do that.