I wrote recently about how to make decluttering more manageable to avoid it feeling like a mammoth task every time. Once you’ve started the process, what do you do with the things you no longer need or want? There are a few options I think when it comes to getting rid of your unwanted items, […]
Save The Children #ChristmasJumperDay are you getting involved?
Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day 2019 needs YOUR help to make it the biggest and best yet. Since launching in 2012, Christmas Jumper Day has raised over £21 million to help build a better future for children in the UK and around the world. That’s incredible!
Little feet can make a big difference this June: Barnardo’s Big Toddle returns to raise money for vulnerable children
Those who register by May 20 will receive a Big Toddle pack containing information and fundraising ideas. To register to hold your own Big Toddle, find out more about the Dudley Zoo Big Toddle or for further information, read on.
Celebrity runners motivate Barnardo’s fundraisers in London Marathon training
Olympians Daley Thompson CBE and Snowy Brooks joined Barnardo’s Vice President Baroness Floella Benjamin and more than 20 runners for a training session preparing them for the 2019 Virgin Money London Marathon.
Save the Children: Christmas Jumper Day
A flurry of Christmas jumper fun is happening up and down the UK in support of Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day on Friday 14th December – are you joining in? Save the Children’s seventh annual Christmas Jumper Day is taking place on Friday 14th December. Flashing, festive knits will be sweeping the nation once […]
Alternative Advent Calendars
Advent calendars are fun. They are something I remember from my childhood and something I’ve always done for my children. Did you have an advent calendar as a child? Home Start in our area have a campaign going to ensure that every child has an advent calendar this December. In our area they are being […]
Rebekah Vardy toddles with the Teletubbies at Dudley Zoo to raise vital funds for thousands of vulnerable children
New Barnardo’s ambassador Rebekah Vardy joined forces with the Teletubbies at the Barnardo’s Big Toddle to raise money to support vulnerable children. Rebekah, of I’m a Celebrity fame, put her best foot forward with her daughter Sophia, three, Po from the Teletubbies and more than 100 under-fives and their families at the public launch of […]
Bank Holiday Monday Fun: North Wales
As the second Bank Holiday of May fast approaches, followed swiftly by half term, many parents are left wondering just what they will fill the week with. Of course we are hoping for good weather all week, but you just never know do you in the UK. If you live in North Wales then we […]