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Household Support Fund doubled to help most vulnerable tackle cost of living

Pensioners and families are set to benefit from the £500m extension to the Household Support Fund, as the government takes further steps to help with the rising cost of living.

From: Department for Work and Pensions and The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP

Published 31 March 2022

  • Household Support Fund doubled to £1 billion with £500 million of new funding, as government goes
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Art with Artists for 11-16 Year Olds

Young people will have the opportunity to work and play with professional artists and theatre makers this Easter.

Nature-inspired Textiles and Devised Theatre are amongst the activities that 11 to 16 year olds will be able to take part in during Art With Artists – a four-day programme run by Significant Seams in partnership with Exeter Northcott Theatre.

The activities include...
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What is umbilical cord blood, and why are celebrities choosing Plymouth-based Biovault Family to bank it? 

Stem cells are extraordinary. Those left in your baby's cord blood after the birth are especially powerful, able to regenerate every kind of damaged blood cell. So far cord blood stem cells are being used to treat more than 80 diseases including cancers like leukaemia and lymphoma, inherited immune system and immune-cell disorders, sickle cell disease and anaemia, and Gaucher disease. But...

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British attitudes towards paid parental leave and childcare

Revealed: British attitudes towards paid parental leave and childcare

Parental leave and childcare considerations have a massive impact on parents, carers, employers, communities and most importantly, children's lives.

For that reason, Easy Offices surveyed 2,000 people across the UK asking how they felt about topics related to parental leave and childcare to ascertain what impacts...

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INTERNET MATTERS LAUNCHES NEW INDEX TO MEASURE UK CHILDREN’S ‘DIGITAL WELLBEING’

Internet Matters today releases its first ever index to track children’s wellbeing in a digital world – and it reveals the vital role that parents’ own habits play in their child’s growth and experiences.

The Index is the result of 12-month project that studied children and parents from the same household about young people’s behaviours, experiences and impacts of their online lives....

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