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Last day for letters to Santa - Friday 14 December
Dec 13, 2012

It's not too late but you'd better hurry! The last day to post letter to Santa (for a reply!) is Friday 14 December.

Stannp.com – Postcard App
Nov 26, 2012

Stannp postcards take the hassle out of buying the correct stamps and finding a post box - just take your own photo and turn it into a glossiy postacrd which will arrive at its UK desintation the next day via first class Royal Mial post if ordered before 2pm. Anne Coates put the service to the test.

National Short Story Week (NSSW)
Nov 12, 2012

Celebrating short fiction, during National Short Story Week 12 to 18 November 2012 various venues will be presenting or reading short stories for adults and for children and young people. For Parenting Without Tears readers, we have a free to download short story from Anne Coates' ebook Cheque-Mate & Other Tales of the Unexpected.

Dream Toys 2012
Nov 1, 2012

This year it's a bakers dozen from the Toy Retailers' Association who predict which will be the top selling toys for this Christmas.

Micro Scooters UK launches Scooter Aid for Kenyan orphanage
Oct 18, 2012

Give third world children a chance through play by recycling grown-out-of Micro Scooters.You don't even have to pay the postage Scooter Aid will take care of everything.

SHINE - walking for Cancer Research UK
Oct 1, 2012

Congratulations to Olivia Coates and Charlotte Oram on completing the SHINE overnight marathon.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Oct 1, 2012

Breast Cancer Care is the only UK-wide charity dedicated to providing emotional and preactical support for anyone affected by breast cancer. Parenting Without Tears is supporting this campaign by donating 20 per cent of the subscription fee of anyone joining us during October 2012.

ASK Italian restaurants raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
Sep 19, 2012

To help banish the back-to-school blues, children across the UK are being encouraged to savour the delights of Italian food while raising money for a good cause: Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

Walking for Maggie's and Cancer Research UK
Sep 6, 2012

This month two of our team Julia Bairstow and Olivia Coates with her firend Charlotte Oram will be taking part in night walks to raise money for Maggie's and Cancer Research UK. You can make a donation here to two very worthwhile causes.

BT London Live Trafalgar Square during Paralympic Games
Aug 29, 2012

From 11am to 10pm every day until 9 September, 2012, Trafalgar Square in London is being transformed. Watch the Paralympic action on the giant screen, plus have a go a sports nad enjoy exciting culturarl perfomrances

National Trust Recruiting for Kids' Council
Aug 1, 2012

To offer children a chance to try out the National Trust and get inspiration on what they would like to change if they were appointed to the Kids' Council, the Trust is offering children free entry at over 200 places during August .

Starehe and NEXT – helping Kenya's poorest children to flourish
Jun 28, 2012

Online shoppers can celebrate in style and help plant a future for children in Kenya by picking NEXT’s charity bouquet of the month this July. NEXT will donate ten per cent of the purchase price of every charity bouquet sold to help create a brighter future for children at the Starehe Boys’ and Starehe Girls’ Centres in Kenya.