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Registration is now open to apply for free tickets to a host of attractions  across the county in the Kent Big Weekend ballot.

This year, Children’s Mental Health Week focuses on kindness, and its benefits for wellbeing. It can be difficult to know how to help someone going through a difficult time, but small acts of kindness can make all the difference. Here are some top tips.

Children’s Touring Partnership is delighted to announce the UK tour dates of Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Samuel Adamson, beginning at Chichester Festival Theatre on 10 February 2017.

The Making of Harry Potter will unveil an exciting, permanent expansion dedicated to the Forbidden Forest. The Forbidden Forest may be strictly off-limits to Hogwarts students, but for the first time from 31 March, visitors to Warner Bros Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter are invited to defy Professor Dumbledore’s orders and follow the footsteps of Harry, Ron and Hermione deep into the grounds of the Forbidden Forest.

Today is  Register My Appliance Day, the domestic appliance industry is urging the public to take a few minutes to register the millions of white goods that they rely on every day, have never registered, or completely forget they own.

Parenting Without Tears reviews a wide range of products for almost everyone in the family from babies to great-grandparents. Check out some of our favourites to discover a perfect present.

NSPCC launches football 24 hour hotline for sexual abuse victims.

Futurelearn offers a vast array of free online courses. Signing up to the introductory course on first aid skills to save the lives of children may be the best thing you ever do. 

New data analysis reveals alarming lack of public toilets in multiple council areas across the UK.See here for the map of publicly accessible toilets.

Perhaps unsurprisingly families with children are more than twice as likely to have been trapped in problem debt as childless households, research by The Children’s Society has revealed. As part of its Debt Trap Campaign, the charity is urging the Government to introduce a 12-month "breathing space" scheme to give struggling families a period of protection from additional charges, mounting interest and enforcement action while they seek advice, put their finances in order, and get back on their feet.

Alison Hammond and Churchill Insurance, the motor insurers, launched the National Lollipopper Awards 2016 to honour and celebrate Lollipop men and women throughout the UK. You can nominate in four categories.

Leading first aid charity St John Ambulance is urging everyone to learn basic first aid skills ahead of Bonfire Night as shocking statistics reveal a third of parents and grandparents have witnessed an injury during bonfire night celebrations* and 4,506 people visited A&E from 2014-2015 for treatment of a firework-related injury. Here is their advice for common injuries.

New research from the National Literacy Trust reveals a sharp decline in how often children aged eight to 18 are writing outside school and how much they enjoy writing. Here are some tips produced by the Trust to encourage your child’s writing.

Parents looking for innovative ways to entertain the children in the half term are invited along to Explore Learning centres across the UK where there will be free, fun and interactive workshops for children aged four to 14 on Thursday 27 October, 2016 from 12pm until 5pm. 

A vibrant storytelling adventure with a quirky urban soundtrack, The Magic Paintbrush is a new dance show leaping, splattering, swirling and boogying onto stages across the UK.

Last week a new member of the Parenting Without Tears team was born – welcome to baby Elspeth.

The Book Trust launches its first ever Time to Read campaign – encouraging families to read together more often even when the children are "too old for a bedtime story".

ZipJet has teamed up with Persil to offer a new Wash & Fold laundry service in the London area. Olivia Coates put the app to the test.