With pupils still settling in to the new school year, recent research released by E.ON highlights that science remains a subject that leaves many parents stumped when it comes to helping with homework. Polling Exeter parents of children aged five to sixteen years, E.ON found that three quarters (75%) of parents feel Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects are important or very important to their children’s development, indicating widespread awareness of the need to help the younger generation feel engaged and comfortable with Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths...
New research reveals that just 12% of children in the South West are doing physical activity every day, with 50% of parents thinking that children should be properly fitness tested in schools.
Over half of the parents questioned are worried about obesity levels in children and think their children would benefit from more education around fitness in school. According to the research, by Premier Sport, 85% of parents think their children would benefit from more education around fitness and half of parents agree that children should be properly fitness tested in schools. Other key...
Family fun for the post-rave generation of parents. Helping parents be responsibly irresponsible since 2013.
Can you believe it? It’s our FIRST BIRTHDAY event! Yes, we’ve been throwing bonkers family raves in Exeter for a whole year, and we’re back on 10th July with our biggest rave yet. Our theme for this one is “Summer Of Love”.
Let’s groove on, ‘cause it’s time to move on - we’ve bagged ourselves a legendary figure to headline our special birthday party. The one and only CHAD JACKSON (Hacienda / DMC Champion) joins us for a very special BFLF Exeter debut set.
Parents across Devon have the chance to try out real nappies free for a month as part of the 20th annual Real Nappy Week 2016 next week. The Devon Real Nappy Project is supporting the Real Nappy Week, which runs between 18-24 April, by holding a number of events.
This national event, organised by Go Real, is designed to raise awareness, promote the benefits and show parents how easy modern real nappies are to use.
Parents are invited to get hands on and ask questions about choosing and using real nappies.
For parents who want to try before they buy, the Devon Real...
Family fun for the post-rave generation of parents. Helping parents be responsibly irresponsible since 2013.
Join us in May for our Techno Special “Infernal Machines” - Steampunk Theme!
DJs Signal Jammer (NoNoM DJs), plus resident Little My play (grown up) dance music on the multi-sensory dancefloor with glitter cannons, bubbles and giant parachute dance.
More fun activities upstairs in the Voodoo Lounge (to be announced).
Craft tables with giant colouring mural, themed crafts and playdoh table. Play area with tents and tunnels and baby chillout space with...
Family fun for the post-rave generation of parents. Helping parents be responsibly irresponsible since 2013.
DJs 601 (Punks / Sub Slayers), plus resident Little My play (grown up) dance music on the multi-sensory dancefloor with glitter cannons, bubbles and giant parachute dance.
Craft tables with giant colouring mural, themed crafts and playdoh table. Play area with tents and tunnels and baby chillout space with mats and small ballpool.
Licensed bar, free transfer tattoos, glowsticks and freebie treats to take away at the end.
Devon County Council is calling for potential parents who want to adopt to consider fostering first under new plans to help reduce disruption to children in care.
Babies and children, who are likely to be adopted, can wait months in foster care sometimes moving from carer to carer.
Devon Adoption has introduced the Government-led ‘foster to adopt’ scheme to protect these children from experiencing multiple moves within the care system and provide them with good quality, uninterrupted and consistent care, while detailed assessments of their birth family are completed and the...
Over a fifth (21 per cent) of parents in the South West feel lonely and isolated, regularly feeling cut off from friends and other sources of support, according to new findings released today by charity Action for Children.
The research has unearthed a shocking scale of loneliness that for nearly a quarter (22 per cent) of people in the region has become worse since becoming a parent. The importance of having a support network to rely on was also highlighted by parents the charity spoke to, with more than half (60 per cent) saying it is particularly important to have friends who...
The Government has announced plans to double free childcare for hard working families – which will benefit up to 50,000 parents in the South West to the tune of £5,000 per year.
The offer of 30 hours of free childcare per week during term time means parents will be able to get on while bringing up a family.
All three- and four-year-olds in working families will be eligible for 1,140 hours of free childcare per year - twice the current entitlement.
The £5,000 extra in savings is on top of the £2,500 they can already save from existing free childcare offers. The new...
How to discipline your children, giving in to tantrums and one of you saying yes to a child when the other just said no are amongst the top things parents are most likely to disagree about, research has revealed.
The study commissioned by Care.com found the average parent will argue with their other half eight times a month about something to do with bringing up their children, and the topic to most likely cause one of these rows is how to discipline their child.
With the results revealing that 51 per cent of parents are willing to compromise, 38 per cent of respondents...
