The cost of raising a child from infancy to adulthood could fluctuate by as much as £8,000 year-on-year, totalling almost a quarter of a million at £214,155.16 over the first 21 years .
According to NatWest Premier, there are two distinct life stages, the ‘Twos and Teens’, which represent the biggest financial icebergs for parents.
Children aged between one and three cost parents the...
Families planning to jet off in the half-term break will want to make sure they’re not landed with a hefty roaming bill right before the festive season .
This year has seen the return of roaming fees across many mobile network operators. Travellers are urged to check their phone contract to make sure they won’t receive any unexpected charges for using their device overseas.
Stark research findings , released today by national charity Family Fund, show that families raising disabled, or seriously ill, children and young people across the UK now face serious financial jeopardy and are struggling to survive, due to the scale of the cost-of-living crisis.
“The Cost of Caring” covers research with 4,264 families across the UK, with a disabled child, showing that nine...
Health professionals at hospitals and GP practices across the South West will play a vital role in a new respiratory virus study looking into the leading cause of infant hospitalisation.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the leading causes of hospitalisation in all infants worldwide and affects 90% of children before the age of 2. In recent months, there has been a...
Parents are Wondering: where to send the kids this half-term?
With the October half-term looming closer, parents are looking for childcare options over the week-long period and Camp Beaumont is providing the answer with its entertaining and educational holiday camps. Places are still available across 42 UK locations for 3-16-year-olds. Appealing to everyone from sports lovers to creative...
Neil Leitch, CEO of the Early Years Alliance, said:
“Labour’s plans to introduce breakfast clubs for every primary school in England will make a real difference to parents with school-aged children trying to balance their careers and their childcare needs, as well as ensuring that no children start the school day hungry, and so we warmly welcome this proposal.
We live in a world reliant on technology. Unfortunately, a very real side effect of this can be overuse, and even digital addiction - a colloquial term used to describe a problematic relationship with technology involving impulsive and obsessive use (including smart devices, the internet and video games).
For many of us it may feel normal to use one or even multiple digital devices...
Devon County Council Public Health Nursing has launched two new websites to provide primary and secondary school age children and their parents or carers with health and wellbeing advice.
The websites have been developed with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and include national advice as well as relevant information about Devon services.
