Searching for a truly unique Christmas gift idea for little animal lovers? Belfast Zoo’s NEW junior keeper for a day experience will give the next generation of zoo keepers the chance to get up close and personal with some of their favourite animals, while getting an insight into the day-to-dayRead More →
The pressures of modern-day life are leaving some children and teenagers feeling overwhelmed and leading to a sharp rise in the number seeking help for anxiety. In 2017/18 Childline, which today launched its annual review ‘The Courage to Talk’, delivered 21,297 counselling sessions to young people from across the UKRead More →
Leading charity Action for Children today (Thursday 6 December) warns many families in Northern Ireland face Christmas hardship as a new survey reveals nearly half (47 per cent) of parents here have been cutting back on Christmas essentials like presents, dinner and a tree for an average of four years,Read More →
A new £1m childcare fund has been launched by the Ulster Community Investment Trust (UCIT) to assist community led childcare and family support programmes across Northern Ireland. The UCIT Family Support Fund was launched at an Early Years event in Belfast recently. Early Years is the largest organisation in NorthernRead More →
The Department of Education has announced a review of the current home to school transport policy. The aim of the review is to ensure that home to school transport is fit for purpose and is sustainable over the long term. In the region of 84,000 pupils are currently eligible forRead More →
Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke’s youngest ambassador, five-year-old Joe Degnan from Larne, is encouraging families across Northern Ireland to visit their local MACE store to purchase a sachet of magical reindeer food. The magical sachet will help guide Santa and his reindeer to your home this Christmas Eve. LikeRead More →
Quentin Blake; John Burningham; Adam Hargreaves; Shirley Hughes; Helen Oxenbury; Chris Riddell; Posy Simmonds; Andy Stanton and Ed Vere, have all paid homage to Raymond Briggs by drawing The Snowman in their own iconic style. The resulting artworks with accompanying quotes and messages are poignant and surprising and together formRead More →
Singer Paloma Faith has released a Christmas single, Silent Night, in recognition of UK midwives and their tireless work around the festive period. Featuring the Pampers #ThankYouMidwife choir of influencers, her version is also the soundtrack to Pampers’ new Christmas TV ad. For every download £1 will be donated toRead More →
Once-popular presents such as bikes, skateboards and rollerblades are slipping down kids’ Christmas lists, a study has found. A poll of 2,000 parents revealed just one in 10 children has asked for a new bike or skateboard from Santa, and only one in 20 have requested rollerblades. Instead, consoles and games,Read More →
This year, Save the Children’s annual Christmas Jumper Day is taking place on Friday December 14 Flashing, festive knits will be sweeping the nation once again as schools, homes and offices across the country will be ditching their day-to-day dress and donning their daftest, most wonderful woollies for the annual fundraiser. FromRead More →
Lord Mayor, Councillor Deirdre Hargey, has unveiled her Christmas Card today accompanied by the ‘star’ of it – a young toddler from the city who is also raising awareness of the NHS Organ Donation campaign. Two-year-old, Dáithí Mac Gabhann, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) which is veryRead More →
A new report launched today (26 November) by safefood finds that parents view weaning as an exciting but challenging time as they deal with lots of information and advice on starting their babies on solid foods. Introducing the research. Dr Cliodhna Foley-Nolan, Director, Human Health & Nutrition safefood said: “The first twoRead More →