Family Life

How to protect your familial inheritance without losing its value

Preserving the value of a familial inheritance needs great planning and strategic decision-making. With inheritance tax receipts reaching record levels and estates becoming more complex to manage, protecting your family's wealth demands a proactive approach.

Understanding Probate Loans

The probate process can create some financial pressure for beneficiaries and executors. During this period, assets remain locked within the estate whilst essential expenses continue to mount. Probate loans provide crucial access to funds before probate completes , allowing families to...

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Families set for a crack-a-lackin' night at Westpoint

Everyone’s favourite Madagascar characters will star in a live theatrical show at Westpoint tonight.

The show, which runs until Sunday, is based on the blockbuster DreamWorks Animation franchise, reliving the fun and humour of the animals and their escapades.

Forum family festival on Exeter University campus

The Children’s Literature Festival, exetreme imagination , concludes the week of half term activities with a series of storytelling and fun events for the family on Saturday 23 February around the University of Exeter’s Forum and the Northcott Theatre.

The Exeter Daily's guide to half term family fun

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 02/14/2013 - 11:55am

Well, the first half of the Spring Term has simply flown by, so here we are at the school half term break. Families will certainly not have the chance to get bored, as there is a host of fun activities for all ages and interests, from creative crafts to magical storytelling. Check out The Exeter Daily's guide to what's on during the school half-term break.

18-22 February

Children’s tennis camps

Exeter Tennis Centre, University of Exeter

Four days of fun and exciting tennis coaching for four to 16 year olds. Sessions will be held on indoor courts and run...

Wynstream Primary is ‘outstanding’ in every respect

Pupils at Wynstream Primary display exemplary attitudes to lessons and make excellent progress because of the outstanding climate for learning throughout the school, according to education inspectors.

And in a remarkable accolade, they say every aspect of life at Wynstream is now outstanding.

Six years ago the Wonford school was judged as inadequate and just 18 months ago it was classed as satisfactory.

Now inspectors say Wynstream is delivering an outstanding education for its pupils with every element of school life deserving of their highest possible rating....

Sign up today for Exeter Chiefs' February Camp

Hundreds of youngsters have benefited during their holidays from a Chiefs Rugby Camp and the first one of 2013 will take place at Sandy Park on 18th-19th February.

At a cost of £35 per day, children aged from 6-16 can learn from the professionals as they get given the opportunity to experience what rugby life is all about at a top Aviva Premiership club, as well as getting the chance to see Rob Baxter’s squad train in preparation for their upcoming top flight clash at home to London Welsh.

Campers not only learn the basic elements of the game, but at the same time improve...

RHS launches search for Young School Gardener 2013

Teachers from more than 2,800 schools across the South West can now nominate for Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Young School Gardener of the Year 2013, a quest to find the most knowledgeable, enthusiastic and talented gardening pupil in the UK.

The competition is open to all schools on the RHS Campaign for School Gardening scheme, of which there are nearly 16,500 in the UK, and aimed at children up to the age of sixteen. RHS Campaign for School Gardening started in 2007 to support and encourage UK schools to use a garden as a teaching resource and has gone from strength to strength....

Special event seeks to recruit new foster carers

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 02/05/2013 - 12:48pm

Devon County Council is hosting an information event next week (Tuesday 12th February) in a bid to encourage more people to consider becoming foster families and give those interested the chance to find out whether fostering would be suitable for them.

Devon has over 700 children in care, and just over 300 fostering households. However many current foster carers are approaching retirement age so the County Council needs to recruit new carers.

The children and young people needing foster care come from all sorts of backgrounds, and are unable to live with their own families...

New friendship group for Exeter's single parent families

Exeter Gingerbread is a friendship group for single parent families in the area. The group started out as a few single parent families from my children's school, meeting up once a month over last summer. I found it wonderfully supportive and wanting to reach as many single parent families as possible, decided to set up a Gingerbread group for the whole Exeter and surrounding area.

Gingerbread is a national charitable organisation which provides support and advice for single parent families. I had a very positive experience of Gingerbread from going to a local group when I was...

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