Yearly Archives: 2013

UK Top Christmas Toys 2013 — With Christmas fast approaching, the UK Toy Retailers Association (TRA) has released its list of toys it believes will be huge hits this holiday season, with the certain guarantee that at least some of them will disappear from all online and high street stores in the near future. Top Ten […]

Christmas 2013 hot toys revealed by Toy Retailers Association

7 Nov, 2013 in Featured / Features / Recreation tagged 2013 / Christmas / games / popular / top / toys / uk by Andy Merrett

This guest post gives an overview of the important role foster carers provide for children and young people in the UK. What is Foster Care? Foster carers and their families provide a stable and caring home for children or young people who are in need of a safe and temporary […]

What is foster care?

3 Nov, 2013 in Children tagged faq / fostering / protection by Andy Merrett

The Busy Family’s Ultimate Guide to Saving Money

22 Oct, 2013 in Featured / Features / Finances tagged Family / guide / hints / money / saving / tips by Andy Merrett

Cash The Dog — Kids love to hide away and their most treasured possessions, and these Blott keepsake boxes provide the perfect hiding place. But these are not just for kids! The boxes measures 18x10x18cm and is available in three designs, featuring Blott’s loveable characters Cash the Dog, Chang Chang the Panda, and Lucky […]

Kids keepsake boxes by Blott

7 Oct, 2013 in News tagged blott / box / keepsake / stationery by Andy Merrett

Ellie Goulding with Pudsey — The BBC has announced that this year’s official Children In Need single is Ellie Goulding’s “How Long Will I Love You”. The exclusive television performance of the single will be broadcast on the BBC Children in Need Appeal Show airing live on BBC One on Friday 15 November at 7.30pm. […]

BBC Children In Need official single launched by Ellie Goulding

7 Oct, 2013 in Charity / Children / TV tagged bbc / children in need / ellie goulding / music by Andy Merrett

Justin Fletcher in Gigglebiz — Hugely popular CBeebies show Gigglebiz, featuring the highly versatile Justin Fletcher, returns this Autumn with a diverse range of wacky, hilarious characters to keep preschoolers entertained. New characters include prehistoric cave-dwellers Ug & Ig, gardener Will Barrow, storyteller Storybook Stan, infuriating minstrel Will Singalot and enthusiastic wildlife-park guide Sue Keeper. […]

Justin Fletcher reveals new Gigglebiz characters

7 Oct, 2013 in TV tagged cbeebies / gigglebiz / justin fletcher / preschool / television by Andy Merrett

Elmo & Cookie from Sesame Street — Popular Sesame Street characters Elmo and Cookie will be crossing the Atlantic to appear on CBeebies… next Autumn. The Furchester is a joint collaboration between the BBC and the non-profit Sesame Workshop, and is about a close-knit family of cheerfully incompetent monsters who own and operate an ‘almost’ world-class hotel. […]

Sesame Street’s Elmo and Cookie coming to CBeebies

7 Oct, 2013 in TV tagged cbeebies / furchester / learning / preschool / puppets / sesame street / television by Andy Merrett

As all women who are hoping to conceive for the first time, are already pregnant, or have had children will know, pregnancy changes your body drastically. Whilst many women will experience unpleasant changes like weight gain, digestive discomfort, exhaustion and morning sickness, these are all side effects as your body […]

A Guide to Finding the Perfect Nursing Bra

7 Oct, 2013 in Clothing tagged bra / guide / maternity / mother / nursing bra / tips by Andy Merrett

Once you have made a decision to adopt, contacted social services or another agency, and perhaps been to an initial meeting with other prospective adopters, you will most likely be asked to attend a fairly in-depth training course. At this point you have not formally started the adoption process. This […]

Training Sessions [The Adoption Diaries]

12 Aug, 2013 in Adoption & Fostering / Features tagged Adoption / process / social worker / training by AJ1

The journey to adoption starts at many different places for each person, and it is an important part of the whole process. Even before the process officially starts, you need to take stock of why you want to adopt. There may be many different reasons for prospective adopters wanting to […]

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