Lifestyle

There are still many myths that circulate about who can foster or why someone is excluded from offering a home to a vulnerable child. So let's take a close look at exactly who can foster? Can I foster if I have a criminal record? We all make mistakes. For some people, these mistakes manifest themselves as a criminal record. However, many people own these mistakes and turn their lives around. If you have a criminal record, whether that is a...

As Pride season gets in to full swing Bisexual Activist Lewis Oakley gives his take on the Pride over Profit debate.

A new pop-up store is launching this month to raise funds for LGBTQI+ refugees and asylum seekers during Pride in London 2018. Run by charity Help Refugees, the Choose Love x Pride in London store at St Martin’s Courtyard and Mercer Walk, Covent Garden invites customers to celebrate diversity and provide vital support to LGBTQI+ refugees and asylum seekers. Open from 30th June – 7th July, the store sells just one T-shirt, an iconic rainbow coloured ‘Choose Love’ logo designed...

Fostering is both a vocation and a career. It is a calling that many people have to provide a loving home to a child who needs it. But is it also a skill being a foster carer and with this in mind, you may wonder what career progression opportunities there are. Getting the most out of fostering Training is part of the extensive support package that a fostering agency offers its carers and families. Foster carers with specific skills mean...

The "incredibly challenging" job will see two applicants take on a host of sea birds and seals on Bardsey Island

There are many reason you want to make your home feel more expensive. If your home is on the market, this can really influence the buyers opinion of the home. If the buyers  walk in and are wowed this can make the sell. If you aren't selling your home, you may just want to change the decor to fit your own style. Here are a few easy ways to make your home feel more luxurious. Wallpaper Yes, wallpaper is back....

What are PMP Courses? PMP training courses are a means to certification for individuals who have the experience, knowledge, and ability to lead and manage projects. PMP courses teach the learners how to start, plan and see a project through to completion. It also discusses risk analysis processes, assessment, and management of contracts within budget and schedule. After the training, a PMP course graduate should successfully build, plan, manage and oversee a project plan implementation. Presently, PMP training courses are...

A child's wellbeing to be linked to how well the family functions rather than parents' sexual tastes.

For anyone who, like me, finds themselves compulsively having to bob their head over the brim of a newspaper at every stop on the Underground they will attest that "seat politics" is a real and ever-present conundrum for London commuters. On the one hand if you miss a blue badge or walking stick you risk being chastised by other travellers and pretty much feeling rubbish about yourself for the rest of the day. On the other if you incorrectly adjudge someone to...