BritMums is pleased to announce that the inspirational Katie Piper will be the Saturday keynote speaker at the BritMums Live blogger and social media conference in June. Katie is a beautiful, young woman rebuilding her life after surviving a brutal attack in March 2008 where sulphuric acid was thrown in her face. Before the attack, [...]
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Notes from Ghana: Our first day #goodwork
Mummy Barrow updates us on the blogger trip to Ghana for Red Nose Day. Here’s the latest from the road: Yesterday was a day of extremes. Visiting the Virtuous Women’s Bakery in the morning we knew what to expect, to a degree, having seen it on GBBO last week. Visiting one of the slums in the afternoon, [...]
How to fight world hunger in 30 seconds
In one part of the world, people clear out their refrigerators every week, throwing out vegetables, meat, fish and more that they didn’t eat before the sell by date. In another part of the world, families fill their bellies with low-nutritive meals or go hungry. The food issues affecting the world are frequently in [...]
Will you rock up in red for the British Heart Foundation?
With all this cold weather, it’s a good idea to inject a little colour in your life. BritMums want to let you know about a charity campaign where you can become a red hot mum or dad. Will you rock up in red, blog about it and add your post and picture to our linky? [...]
Twitter party: Talk Xmas shopping tips #shop4good
Can you believe it…Christmas is only days away, yikes! We’re sure many of you will be starting to make those festive purchases – gifts, decorations, your office secret Santa, to name a few. Come join our #shop4good Christmas shopping Twitter party and tweet what you’re buying; your favourite shops as well as learn how you [...]
Help us find ex-service people suffering from blindness
Blind Veterans UK have just launched a new campaign called No One Alone, which is mainly focused on raising awareness among the 60+ age group. If you know a senior who did National Service and is now blind or partially sighted, please ask them to contact Blind Veterans for more details. Earlier this year [...]
The truth about Meningitis
Rebecca Dodd is the North West and North East Community Fundraiser for the Meningitis Trust. She needs to spread her important message wide and far please help her. Find her on Twitter and Facebook Meningitis can strike in an instant but its impact can last for a life time. Meningitis seems like one of [...]
LOL Round-up: Don’t read with a toddler on your knee
As the Christmas party season approaches, our minds turn to photocopying our bottoms and wallpapering the office with the images. Or snogging the boss after you’ve eaten a mince-pie leaving crumbs in his moustache. So it seems appropriate to bring together some of your more romantic or raunchier posts. It’s taken me a month [...]
10 inspirational charity posts and 10 ideas for Christmas
Christmas is coming and for many families times are tight. This month I have selected posts the majority of which help charity without you having to put your hand in your pocket at all. Enjoy and then read on for some ideas how to inject goodwill into the festive season this year. Watch a [...]
What a difference 50p makes
Over the Summer my two children were invited by ActionAid, to tell children in Myanmar, which was Burma, all about themselves using the medium of sticking, felt tips, glitter and translators. As a blogger I found a perfect match in ActionAid as a charity, and the idea of child sponsorship. I know many people [...]
BritMums Live 2013
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