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Can The Weather Have An Effect On Your Grandchild’s Behaviour?

October 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Well, we’ve been having a glorious warm and sunny Indian Summer here in the UK, which s just as well because the one we were expecting during the long school holidays failed to make an appearance! But now it’s all change again, flip flops are being relegated to the back of the wardrobe and woollies are being hauled out. Living with our unpredictable weather can be a challenge for the most positive amongst us. But have you ever stopped to wonder what sort of effect the weather has on our grandchildren? We’ve got virtualgranny’s education expert Denise Howe to give us a brief lesson on the... [Read the full story]

Discounts

Kenyan Weddings and Safari’s 5% Discount For Virtual Granny Members

February 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Kenyan Travel arrange very special weddings and safaris in Kenya and are offering 5% discount on bookings to virtualgranny members. See the heart warming story of how Kenyan Travel was created and meet the owner in virtualgranny’s travel section. http://www.virtualgranny.com/travel/granny-plays-cupid-in-paradise-1810.html Kenyan Travel – your one stop for Safari Travel and Bespoke Weddings in Kenya. Kenyan travel will fulfill your dream holiday. We can also offer good rates for: Airport Transfers, Day Tours, Self Catering Accomodation, “IT COULDN’T BE EASIER” ALL WE... [Read the full story]

Travel

Tourism for All

June 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Most of us hope that we can take a day break or holiday whenever the chance arises, but for those of us who have grandchildren with special needs, frail older relatives or indeed if any of us have disabilities ourselves, a simple day trip or holiday can seem as unattainable as scaling the heights of Mt. Everest. But help is on hand. Tourism for All is a charity that works to overcome barriers that prevent participation in tourism, literally for everyone, including carers of young people, disabled people, older people and those who would like a break with disabled or older relatives. They also champion... [Read the full story]

Books

Val Mc Dermid – Get Inside Of The Mind Of A Serial Best Selling Author

June 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Get your autograph books at the ready! We are absolutely thrilled that one of the world’s greatest crime writers, Val McDermid, has succumbed to a virtualgranny video interrogation about what goes on inside of the mind of a serial best selling writer. Val is the creator of the riveting works behind ITV’s award winning Touching Evil and has just added the hugely prestigious Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award to her vast array of accolades, which include not only the coveted Gold Dagger Award, but also the stupendous Diamond Dagger, to mark the excellence of a lifetime’s work in crime... [Read the full story]

Health & Fitness

Can This Be True- Eight Glasses Of Water A Day Is Bad For You?

July 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Experts now warn that drinking eight glasses of water a day is not good for you at all. In fact it could make you ill. This latest claim goes against all of the advice that we have been fed by the government over recent decades, passed around to us via the NHS and various leading doctors, nutritionists and other bods who like to tell us what to do. Writing in the British Medical Journal, DR Margaret McCartney claims that the advice to quaff 1.2 litres, or two and a half pints or eight glasses of H20 is utter nonsense, with no scientific evidence at all to back up the theory that drinking this amount... [Read the full story]

Finance

Pay Cut Risk For Redundant Over-50s

June 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Three out of four people who get another job have to take a pay cut. But half of redundant over-50s haven’t got another job yet and those that have are the most likely to have taken a pay cut in order to have won the post, research from Key Retirement Solutions shows. The nationwide study shows more than three out of four (77%) over-50s made redundant in the past three years took a pay cut to get back into full-time employment with 45% saying they had to take a “considerably lower” salary. Around 51% have to take a completely different role or work in a new sector to get back into employment. Younger... [Read the full story]

Features

Get Ready To Help The Grandkids In To The Routine Of A New School Year

Who better than virtualgranny’s ace education expert Denise Howe to help us play our part in settling the grandchildren in to the new school year? It can be daunting for the grandkids to be moving classrooms, teachers and sometimes schools as autumn beckons, so sharpen your pencils grandparents and give yourself...

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Grandma, Do You Think Your Children Are Bad Parents?

Grandchildren are badly disciplined, lack manners and respect and their parents are too soft with them. Ring any bells? According to the Mature Times, which commissioned the study, changing times mean that two thirds of grandparents questioned, believe that the grandchildren are being brought up badly. Three in ten...

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Are You One Of The UK Waltons?

Remember The Waltons – the US TV drama series in which Mom and Dad Walton live with their eldest son John-Boy, their six other kids and Grandma and Grandpa? The programme was a big hit in the 1970’s, following the stories of the family who were all rubbing along together in West Virginia during the depression. Well...

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Five Steps To Becoming A Better Grandparent?

According to recommendations by think- tank CentreForum, parents should follow a “five a day” pledge to become better parents. The report calls for a national campaign, similar to the “Five A Day” fruit and vegetable drive, to boost parenting abilities. The report called “Parenting Matters” also calls for...

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Grandparents, Help Disney UK Magic Turn A MILLION Memories In To 1 Million Pounds For Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital

New research shows that 92% of UK grandparents and parents think that memories of Disney characters stay with you for life. My own first Disney film outing was to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs many, many moons ago and I can remember both the cinema I visited and the spot where my seat was, so it seems that the...

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