Family Life

Understanding Children’s Behavioral Health: Key Warning Signs and What to Do

Children's behavioral health is often misunderstood or overlooked until a problem becomes too big to ignore. Yet subtle shifts in mood, behavior, or functioning can quietly signal that something deeper is going on beneath the surface.

Early recognition doesn't just help—it can change...

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Vulnerable at risk as cold spell hits

Public Health England are warning people to take extra care as temperatures tumble.

This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable people and PHE is urging everyone to keep an eye on weather forecasts and look out for vulnerable friends and neighbours over the cold snap.

Dr Angie Bone, head of Extreme Events at Public Health England, said: "Weather like this is not...

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Festive family fun at City Museum

Children can get crafty in the build-up to Christmas with festive family activities at the City Museum and Art Gallery.

On Saturday 20 December there's a chance to make robin-themed masks, bunting and other items at two ‘Rocking Robins’ craft sessions.

These will be followed by ‘White Christmas’ activities on Wednesday 24 December, where children can create collages, make...

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Sainsbury’s donate toys to Derriford Hospital

Derriford Hospital have said a massive thank you to Sainsbury’s for their generous donation of lots of new toys and games for the children staying on their wards.

Grace Evans, PR Ambassador for Sainsbury’s Marsh Mills Store, said: “We are delighted to support the wards again this year, with our annual toy appeal. Our customers and colleagues have been very generous again this year and...

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Family carers discriminated against for raising relatives’ children

Nearly half of the UK’s 200,000 grandparents and kinship carers who are bringing up relatives’ children in traumatic circumstances face stigma and discrimination, often from public officials, with their children bullied and excluded from activities and many carers forced to give up their jobs, according to the first survey of its kind.

The survey Disadvantage, discrimination, reslience...

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Plymouth

110,000 dogs in the South West still unchipped

Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, has announced ambitious targets to offer free microchipping for all dogs thanks to its biggest award to date raised thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

In advance of microchipping becoming compulsory for dogs across England in April 2016, Dogs Trust is offering free microchipping at its 20 rehoming centres for all dogs and...

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Find a Winter Wonderland at your library

Plymouth libraries are counting down to Christmas with stories, crafts and puppet shows that are guaranteed to get families feeling festive.

Children aged five to 11 can snuggle up and enjoy some polar storytelling and heart-warming stories of winter, with cosy favourites such as Big Bear, Little Bear by Jane Chapmen and Oliver Jeffers’ Lost and Found.

There are cool craft...

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Frozen fun skate sessions

For the first time ever this Christmas holiday, Frozen’s Elsa will be arriving at the Plymouth Pavilions Ice Rink on Sunday 28 December for three fantastic Frozen Fun Skate sessions!

Each session will see Frozen fans take to the Ice dressed as their favourite Frozen characters, to take part in a mass Let it Go sing-a-long led by Elsa herself, before skating off amidst a flurry of...

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Look for the bear necessities at your library

Don’t let the kids get grizzly this October half-term – head to your nearest library for some bear-faced fun.

Families are invited to go on a bear hunt to unearth some furry interesting facts, enjoy favourite stories of loveable bears such as Winnie the Pooh and Paddington.

Youngsters can get their paws dirty and make a bear mask or teddy bears’ picnic basket to take away with...

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Half term fun for all the family

Half-term is now upon us and Plymouth has lots going on that will keep the kids happy and occupied, but won’t break the bank.

The outdoor ice rink is open on the Piazza in the City Centre, offering a fun day out for the whole family. Open to the public from 9am to 8.15pm Monday to Saturday and from 9am to 6.15pm on Sundays with skating starting at 9.30am, this provides a must-do...

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Make Christmas special for disadvantaged kids

Children’s Christmas wishes are evolving as today’s kids show awareness of the less fortunate and consider what they could give to a disadvantaged child, according to new research released today.

Rather than seeing other children go without toys in the festive season, the research from Argos and Barnardo’s shows that 95 per cent of children would happily give up some of their Christmas...

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