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FUN is not cancelled! Announcing Play at Home Fest 2020 Save the date! On Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th May, this virtual festival will play host to themed stages streaming a range of exciting entertainment, competitions and activities for all the family. Hosted at www.PlayAtHomeFest.com as well as across the Good Play Guide’s social media channels, the…
Lockdown Day 14 After last nights news of the British PM being admitted into the ICU due to his Corona symptoms worsening, I’ve been a bit of a wreck. It serves me right for saying I had levelled out my emotions and feeling “normal” again after the first few weeks of stressing. It resulted in…
Online courses launch to help children build confidence and help them deal with emotions during these challenging times. Role Models are offering online life skills courses helping children develop resilience and confidence. The courses aim to help children deal with anxiety, feel confident in the face of new challenges and develop empathy and emotional awareness….
Covid19 Diary – Lockdown day 13 OK, I’m not very good at this diary thing. I missed out the weekend this is partly because I was working and the other half, I did sweet FA, doesn’t make for very entertaining reading. I have found myself with an unstoppable headache since Saturday night, nothing is shifting…
How to improve your kerb appeal Whether you’re the owner of a new-build home or your house is nearly a hundred years old (or even more!), at some point you are bound to have thought about how to improve your kerb appeal. One of the benefits of improving your kerb appeal includes an increase in…
Lockdown Diary – Day 8 WOOH! We have made it another day, and even though I had to share a bed again with Kicky MaGee last night, we both woke up naturally at 8am. During the night thought, Kicky was crying in her sleep “why don’t you love me?!” and I had to squeak her…
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced organisations around the globe to “go virtual” with literally no preparation. However, according to analysis from Associate Professor of Management Petros Chamakiotis at ESCP Business School, if we follow these tips, we have the best chance at keeping productive. 1.The importance of keeping social. Workers transitioning from the “traditional” to…
A brand new BarberTalk app which has been developed by mental health and suicide prevention charity The Lions Barber Collective and made by Where It’s App, Digital Agency, will be a new safe space for the hair industry. The Lions Barber Collective not only spend their time raising awareness and campaigning for mental wellbeing but…
PANDEMICAM – OUR GREATEST CHANCE YET TO DETECT, MONITOR AND BEAT COVID-19 If not the deadliest, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is certainly the most serious contagious disease to have crossed continents in modern times. One of the biggest challenges is screening en-masse for detection of infectious individuals. Today’s current methods are rudimentary (measuring only temperature)…
LOCKDOWN DIARY DAY 2 – 24th March 2020 After last nights “chat” from Boris, I have woken up with that all too familiar feeling of dread and anxiety. I had gone to bed alone as I had been sharing a bed with Cora, but her constant moaning and kicking off the covers had resulted in…