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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.

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

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 .

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.

 

Tickets to over 38 shows and activities go on sale from Tuesday 12 June. One child free with every full-paying adult; up to two more children at half-price throughout August.

Qsilica REMOVE has won overall "Best Skincare Product"  and "Best Face Care Product" in the 2012 FreeFrom Skincare Awards.

The new charity Sky Badger will guide families with disabled children to the help they need. The Sky Badger website links all existing disabled children’s charities, social services, special needs resources and support under one umbrella.

The British Skin Foundation (BSF), a national charity that raises money for skin disease and skin cancer research, is aiming to get 100,000 signatures to have the issue of sun safety in schools debated in the House of Commons. Anne Coates urges all Parenting Without Tears readers to sign the petition.

On World Fair Trade Day people everywhere are being asked to have or even host a Fairtrade breakfast. You can download recipe cards and enjoy breakfast safe in the knowledge that you are helping farmers and workers in the developing world.

Sign up for one of the Race for Life events around the UK and raise money for Cancer Research UK. Alternatively – or as well as – buy a nail polish from Tesco who has teamed up with exclusive beauty brand diego dalla palma to offer a contribution from each sale to Race for Life.

The longlist of 20 family friendly museums has been whittled down to a shortlist of six top family friendly museums.

International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March to focus attention on the importance of fresh water and sustainable management of fresh water resources. So to support Just A Drop, wear blue and donate  £1.

Cuddledry has a new fundraising partnership with CLIC Sargent to support Yummy Mummy campaign.

During the week of Mother’s Day, mums and celebrity mums across the UK are standing as "Mums United" with Save the Children behind the slogan "Make Mums' Day, Make Work Pay". As the new budget looms, they are joining behind the charity’s calls to George Osborne after discovering the new welfare system will hold back 100s of 1000s of mums from the workplace and drive a quarter of a million children deeper into poverty.

As we celebrate women's achievements, UNICEF reminds us that investing in women, mothers and girls is the best route towards a world fit for children. If a girl is educated she is more likely to marry later, to choose her own husband, to give birth to healthy children and encourage her own children to be educated. Women provide hope for a future free of poverty and to protect a child's rights we need to protect mothers.

Just announced the UK children's favourite book of the last ten years and the Blue Peter Book of the Year.

World Book Day – 1 March – was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe.

Local authorities start sending out their decisions regarding the allocation of school places for September 2012 on 1 March. So what do you do if your child has not been allocated a place in the reception or secondary school of your choice? Associate solicitor Laura Berman gives her advice.