Earth Day has become a global environmental movement that aims to build a healthy and sustainable environment all over the world. It's celebrated all over the world on 22 April and is the perfect opportunity to discuss how you can support the cause and do your piece for the environment as a family. Saving water and energy starts at home Are you doing enough to save water and energy as a ...
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Making a difference: how you can sponsor an orphan overseas
If you’re a parent, you’ll no doubt do everything you can to make sure your little ones feel loved and protected. Unfortunately, many kids around the world don’t have mums or dads to look after and nurture them. In fact, it’s estimated that there are as many as 200 million orphans across the globe, many of them in desperate need not just of love and attention, but practical necessities like food ...
3 classic garments that never fall out of fashion
Certain trends come and go and turn out to be little more than a flash in the pan. Others though have real staying power and never seem to fall out of fashion. Here, we take a look at three iconic garments that have stood the test of time and look just as good now as they did when they first became famous. 1. The classic miniskirt Initially launched into the limelight by models like Jean ...
Do good with BT’s Christmas e-cards
When you're reading this post you might be a little late to send traditional Christmas cards to your friends and family, but don't fear. BT MyDonate have it covered for you. Just before Christmas, they've teamed up with some of the UK's most popular celebrities and asked them to create their very own Christmas e-cards and support a charity close to their heart and help people in need. To send an ...
4 Early Marriage Problems That Ruin Girls’ Lives
In the UK the average age for a woman to marry is 31. By this time a woman will have been to school, possibly onto university, have developed a career and may have had a child. Whichever course her life has taken before she made the choice to marry, she will have had control. But for the 700 million women around the world who were married before 18, there was little, if any, choice involved. ...
A random act of kindness by a complete stranger
I know we are always trying to teach our children about stranger danger and to stay clear of people they don't know and to a degree that is absolutely right, but when I watched a YouTube video about Anthony Nolan's 'Kindest of Stranger' campaign raising awareness for blood cancer and their bone marrow register (you can find out more on the Thank you stranger page), I remembered two cases when ...