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Olivia Coates continues her fortnightly update on training to run the London Marathon in 2016 reaklising she'd not a gazelle and that the road ahead is very long indeed..

Olivia Coates will be running the 2016 London Marathon to raise funds for Children in Crisis. Every fortnight she'll be updating us on her running progress and kicks off with The Plan to Plan.

Parents looking for ways to entertain the kids 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 five to 14 on Tuesday 27 October.  

We knead you! Rise to the challenge by taking part in Bake it Better this October and raise vital dough for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.

TaskRabbit is a website and mobile app service that enables time-poor people to outsource their errands from DIY to deep cleaning the bathroom, to clearing out the shed and cutting the grass, simply hire a Tasker to take on your to-do list so you can stay sane, keep on top of your errands and most of all enjoy time with your family. Anne Coates tried out the service and was more than happy with the result.

The Big Help Out Quiz, an interactive quiz from charity Join In and BBC Get Inspired, is designed to help new volunteers find the best role for them in sport.

With some two million girls and women already riding, the British Equestrian Federation (BEF) is launching the first annual "Give Horses a Go" day on 13 September 2015 – giving people the chance to get closer to horses and try riding for FREE - there’s no better time to discover all that a trip to the stables has to offer.

As schools go back next week, thousands of proud parents across the UK will be taking their kids to school for the first time. To help them capture the moment forever, online marketplace eBay has teamed up with leading children’s photographer Millie Pilkington who offers her top ten tips for taking brilliant photos to mark the occasion. 

This year’s shortlist for the Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award is a reflection of all the different sorts of museums in Britain, and how each one can offer a wonderful welcome to families.

A new guide, Childcare for families with disabled children, launched today by legal experts Irwin Mitchell and charities Contact a Family, Every Disabled Child Matters and the Family and Childcare Trust will help parents with disabled children seek redress if the childcare system fails them. It forms part of the charities’ new campaign ‘Levelling the Playing Field’, calling for equal access to childcare for disabled children.

The TUC is today reminding parents of school age children that they now have access to unpaid parental leave that could help them to secure time off work during the school holidays and this could affect up to four million parents.

Fire for Kids has it all: a Fire HD 6 tablet, one year of Fire for Kids Unlimited, a Kid-Proof Case, and a two-year worry-free guarantee.

Uber Taxis offer peace of mind and can be a great way for parents to avoid being their teen's "driver", writes Anne Coates.

As of 1 June 2015,  new legislation means that all employers with 50 employees or less, including parents who employ a single nanny will have to auto-enrol their employees into a qualifying pension scheme. Sarah-Jane Butler, founder of Parental Choice, discusses the key pension points for employing a nanny.

New research by the National Literacy Trust reveals a dramatic increase in the number of children who read every day. However, not all parents appear to be aware of how vital their support is for their children’s reading and a gender gap remains between girls’ and boys’ reading.

Britax, the leader in child mobility who enable family freedom, is proud to announce it will once again be sponsoring the Bliss Buggy Push, a series of family-friendly 5km buggy walks or runs across the UK, designed to help raise money for Bliss, the special care baby charity.

Fair Trade empowers people and by buying Fairtrade food, clothes and goods you are helping to support others acheive more for themselves and their communities.

So children are bored with healthy food – take a look at this video from Wholegrain Goodness, a not-for-profit campaign that aims to raise consumer awareness about the health and culinary benefits of wholegrains and see what fun can be had.