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Confessions of a Single Mum

The ups, the downs and sideways views of life as a single parent

Protecting Your Teen Driver

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If you are a parent with teenage children who are starting to drive, then you are surely familiar with a huge range of common concerns. Obviously, you worry for your children’s safety as they take to the road for the first time; but you also have many other specific concerns to fret over. Will your children be careful with their cars? Will they know to be weary of reckless drivers? Will they practice appropriate caution and safety? ... VIEW POST

Mothers

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Mothers Day this year is March 18th. Its creeping up fast and I am still faffing around with mothers days card prototypes. Organised? Me ? No hope really. So as I was knee high in glitter, as usual, my father who has recently discovered how to email sent me two 'mother' emails. He has finally got passed the stage of sending pictures of cute bunnies etc, were now onto proverbs and thoughtful quotes. If you haven't seen these they are quiet good so I thought I would share. Oh and some pictures of ... VIEW POST

Time for Action – Campaign from Action for M.E

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Action for M.E s has launched a new campaign called Time for Action. Action for M.E have started this campaign as people with M.E feel strongly that they have a raw deal from the Government and the NHS over the last 20 years compared with many other illnesses. Also that public understanding and awareness of M.E, while better than it was, still remains low. The new campaign Time for Action aims to highlight the plight of the 250,000 people in the UK with M.E and take some positive action. ... VIEW POST

Great shoe styles which transcend the generation gap

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With the help of House of Fraser, we pick out shoes that will please women of all ages   Blame the spend-happy shoe-obsessed conversations of the women in television shows such as Sex and the City (and us for copying them) – but shoes somehow have gained a reputation as ‘women’s “thing”’.   Whilst many of us might counter that our “thing” is…books….or radiology….or any other possible interest in the world, the commercial-leaning industries have decided that shoes are what ... VIEW POST

Which Benefits are Changing and When

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I keep getting asked what benefits are changing and when. So with kind permission from Turn2us I have added the list of which benefits are changing and when. In 2010 the Government announced several cuts to welfare spending to make welfare more affordable, bringing the total welfare savings to £18 billion per year by 2014-15. A calendar of the main changes to benefits and the benefits system is provided below. ... VIEW POST