Protect yourself and your baby by having the flu vaccine
Pregnant women in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay are being urged to have the flu vaccine now to protect themselves and their unborn baby from the deadly illness.
The UK Health Security Agency has warned that there could be a significant flu surge this winter coinciding with continuing or rising COVID-19 cases.
With children and young people back in the classroom, and more mixing now possible with a change to the guidance around things like bubbles, we're seeing a rise in coronavirus cases among the school-age population, and it's likely that this will continue.
In almost all of the cases the young person has shown no sign of having the virus, or only very mild symptoms.
Young people at risk of exploitation to be supported through 'taskforces' in 21 new areas
From: Department for Education and Vicky Ford MP
Vulnerable young people at risk of being drawn into crime or gangs will benefit from a funding boost to help them stay engaged with their education and out of harm.
Following commitments laid out in the Government’s Beating Crime...
The End Child Poverty coalition has today published figures providing a new Child Poverty map of the UK. The new figures estimate that there are now parts of the South West where a third of children are growing up in poverty - compared to one in seven, in areas in the country with the lowest child poverty rates.
Although child poverty in the South West is not as high as other areas...
NEW REPORT REVEALS MORE THAN HALF OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 4 EAT TWO OR LESS FRUIT AND VEG A DAY
· Despite it taking up to 15 times to like a new food, over half of parents have given up and are resorting to hiding vegetables to trick their children
· JLS pop star turned farmer, JB Gill is fronting new healthy eating campaign ‘Good for planet. Good for me.’ by...
New book ' A Mind of Their Own: Building Your Child’s Emotional Wellbeing in a Post-Pandemic World ' - A toolkit for parents to nurture children’s resilience, amid what senior psychiatrist call a ‘terrifying’ mental health crisis.
“Children and young people are bearing the brunt of the mental health crisis caused by the pandemic, and are at risk of lifelong mental illness,” a report...
Research from Yoppie , the pioneers of personalised, organic period care delivered through your letterbox, has found that while remote working has improved pressures around appearance and PMS for women within the workplace, issues of fair representation and equal pay remain prevalent.
When surveyed by Yoppie, nearly a quarter of the women stated that one of the biggest issues they...