Family Life

As the summer holidays end, a new survey has revealed gaps in childcare for parents of disabled children – impacting work for 90 per cent of parents.

Working Families survey of parents of disabled children this summer reveals the high costs and difficulties in finding suitable childcare which have a serious knock-on effect on parents’ work. Ninety per cent of parents responding said that they had to change their hours, take unpaid leave, request flexible working or make other changes to meet the need for care for their disabled child – four per cent of parents reported that they...

Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park is holding its annual Emergency Services Weekend, inviting employees of the Emergency Services and NHS along to visit the multi award winning family attraction completely free on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September! If you work within the Fire Service, Police or NHS, you can enjoy free admission and your immediate family, including parents, partners and children, can visit the South West’s number one family attraction at a discounted rate of £9.95.

Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park has organised this special day as a sincere thank you for the...

New research released by Buyagift.com shows Britain's parents spend a staggering £9.5 billion on entertaining their kids during the six-week break. A study by the leading online gifting and experience website found that most parents spend £1,232 on keeping their children entertained during the summer holiday. Research by Buyagift.com of 1,000 parents found that by the time kids go back to school the average family will have spent; £472 on childcare, £388 on day trips in the UK and £372 on food and drink. The survey, which also looked into the specific opinions of families in the South West...

It’s full steam ahead at Devon County Council’s Passmore Edwards Centre in Newton Abbot, with free fun workshops for children and young people.

The events will take place throughout the summer and into the autumn term, and are part of a project to improve access to the Railway Studies Collection.

The project is being funded by a grant of £49,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).

Free creative workshops for 7-11 year olds, exploring the theme of railways and trains are being run by artist and illustrator Cara Roxanne. The next session is on Monday 9 September...