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A new study shows that kids are enjoying more time in the kitchen

A study by Barilla shows that kids have been spending more time in the kitchen learning to cook – and as we head into the school summer holidays, now is the time to get them involved!

  • A survey of British parents found children are learning to cook at a younger age - children are cooking their first meal aged six , five years younger than their parents’ generation at age 11
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Drake Circus launches summer holiday reading campaign to support children's wellbeing

Drake Circus has partnered with the National Literacy Trust to launch a new summer holiday reading campaign, as new research reveals that almost half of children (46%) in the South West claim that reading makes them feel better.

The ‘Read More, Feel Better’ campaign is designed to help children across the community to continue reading for fun over the summer holidays, with a...

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Local children’s author Rob Holmes visits primary schools and launches new mindfulness book for families. 

“This year sees the start of a mindfulness tour of South Devon Primary schools by local children’s author Rob Holmes.

Before embarking on his writing career, Rob was the co-founder of the very successful Gro Company children’s sleep company, featuring the Grobag and Gro-Clock.

After selling the business in 2013, Rob began a long sabbatical and started giving motivational...

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INTERNET MATTERS TEAMS UP WITH ELECTRONIC ARTS TO HELP PARENTS ENSURE VIDEO GAMING IS SAFE, RESPONSIBLE AND FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY THIS SUMMER

  • Launched today, the ‘Play Together/Play Smart’ campaign gives parents a greater understanding of how to get closer to the games their children play, while also encouraging safe and responsible video gaming through demystifying setting controls.
  • It is the first joint initiative between Internet Matters and Electronic Arts as they announce a partnership to help
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15 million people suffered a major broadband outage in the last year

Written by Uswitch

  • Broadband outages have tripled in the last year[1] as almost 15 million consumers faced downtime of three or more hours[2]
  • Over three in ten experienced an outage during office hours, costing the UK 16 million working days — a hit of nearly £5 billion to the economy[3]
  • A third of people used their mobile data during an outage[4
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Research shows the average person missed eight special occasions during lockdown & over a quarter are planning to make up for it this summer!

Over a quarter of UK planning delayed celebration this summer to make up for missed moments due to the pandemic

  • New research reveals average person missed out on eight special occasions due to UK lockdowns, with 18–24-year-olds missing out on nearly double this average (15)
  • Milestone birthdays are the most missed moments - with over half of Brits planning to ‘
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Go batty at The Donkey Sanctuary this summer 

The Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth will host East Devon’s new travelling creative space – the Creative Cabin on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 August, offering visitors free hands-on activities and the chance to learn all about one of the UK's rarest bats - the grey long-eared-bat.

Activities at the 'Completely Batty' event include making flying bat models and bat masks, as well as putting...

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Families across England to receive better support to adopt

Government’s National Adoption Strategy to improve experience for children and families in the adoption system

From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP

Thousands of families are to receive better support when adopting children through a new strategy to tackle the postcode lottery and break down barriers to creating permanent, stable and...

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Less than one week left to renew for tax credits customers

Tax credits customers have until 31 July to renew their tax credits claim or risk their payments being stopped.

From: HM Revenue & Customs

More than 300,000 tax credits customers have just under one week to renew their claims before the 31 July 2021 deadline, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has warned.

As the deadline approaches, customers are being urged...

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