Family
Casting a spell in the class room
Stratford’s unique and magical attraction ‘The Creaky Cauldron - Where Magic Begins’ has announced a number of exciting new initiatives for schools and groups. The education programme has been designed to offer students maximum educational value through unique and stimulating learning experiences.
Mum and Dad bail out kids on gap years
With many gap year holidaymakers having embarked on their trips in the first quarter of this year, new research out today suggests parents could be receiving a call this month to bail out their kids financially.
Banish your mummy tummy for a beach body
With the bikini season just around the corner, one of the UK's leading specialist medical supports companies, Neo G has launched a new pregnancy support which helps new mums banish their mummy tummies, comfortably and naturally.
Parenting pressures today - what do you think?
How much pressure do you feel today as a modern parent? From feeding our children the right food, to dressing them in the latest fashions to ensuring academic brilliance it can feel like a constant battle to keep up not just with the Jones but the Camerons, the Redknapps and the Beckhams too.
Brits spending £10,339 a year supporting others
British adults spend on average £10,339 a year financially supporting their dependents, according to Scottish Provident's Financial Safety Net Report.
Family fun that won’t break the budget
Does family time in your home revolve around watching telly and taking the kids with you to do the shopping? When was the last time you all got in the car and escaped for an afternoon at the beach or in the woods?
Touchwood hosts camera-friendly kids modelling competition
This Easter Touchwood is offering local parents the chance to receive a free professional photograph of their children, as part of its camera-friendly kids modelling competition.
European measles outbreak - Parents urged to get kids vaccinated
Leading travel insurance website, insurewithease.com is alerting families heading abroad this Easter to ensure they’ve got appropriate travel insurance, as news comes of a measles outbreak across Europe.
New York “Mompreneurs” get their own website
A new website, NYMomsWorld.com has recently launched targeting mothers in New York and surrounding areas to help them find the best products and services for their businesses and their families.
Children's cookery holidays at PGL
Kitchen Academy is proud to present a residential cookery school for kids this summer at PGL's Marchants Hill site in Surrey!
Couples opt for hard cash over traditional wedding gift list
Will and Kate have generously asked for donations to charity for their wedding, rather than opting for the traditional gift list, but not all betrothed couples can afford the same luxury.
UK families under prepared for the worst case scenario
News statistics show that more families have cover in place for their property and possessions than they do to protect themselves and their families, with financial protection cover.
Easter and bank holiday breaks to cost parents
With the Easter school holiday and subsequent bank holidays starting this week, the Cost of a Child Report, from protection specialist LV=, reveals that UK parents will collectively spend £18.8 billion, or £1,429 per child over all of the school holidays this year.
Expat pensioners and baby boomers are flocking back to the UK
Expat pensioners and baby boomers are flocking back to the UK in their droves according to figures from currency specialists HiFX.
Coping classes turn to parents for help
Middle income, middle life-stagers are relying on their retired parents for support as the combination of the recession and spending cuts bring about profound changes in the way in which generations within families support each other, according to a report published this week by Friends Life.