What do three Doctors, a Nurse, Teacher, Conservationist, Civil Servant and a Dog Groomer have in common? Music They’re all members of Disco Cactus No1 Funk Soul Sisters & Brothers! This funky bunch started out as a couple of amateurs in the Wellington area looking for others to learn, play and practice with; it didn’t
In need of a quick eco-friendly skin scrub? Just pour yourself a coffee! A couple of weeks before the March 2020 lockdown, I was at the supermarket checkout [ten items or less], laying out my would-be impulse purchases of bread, Americano coffee-pods, tomatoes, one garlic bulb, a bottle of wine and I had just put
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These muffins are great just out of the oven like all things baked. But I have found days after, they are just as tasty popped under the grill to toast and then buttered. Scrummy! I like to have play in the kitchen and on a recent day off created these muffins for lunch. I reckon
Football is now the top participation sport for women and girls in England The FA have unveiled a new four-year strategy, titled Inspiring Positive Change, it pledges to create a sustainable future for women’s and girls’ football in England. The FA Click here to find out more from the FA on how you or your
Please complete the form on this page to submit a community service provider for inclusion in your Community Directory Building Your Community Directory We need your help in compiling a directory of small businesses, service providers, clubs, groups and commissioned-based product consultants in order to #supportlocal. #supportlocal Let’s showcase our local people, traders and small
Having children changed me from not really thinking about my health to someone that tries to be the best I can be health wise. Apart from being normal and not a health guru, with a few blips of binge Galaxy chocolate eating and a sublime fruity G & T every now and then, I believe
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Do you remember when you enjoyed art as a child, without judging your ability or results? These easy-going art sessions will help you to deal with anxiety, stress and daily worries. Peggy & Emma The Mindful Art Club® is for fun and relaxation! Mindful Art Club® weekly groups offer coffee, creativity, and company online, in
Are you keeping food fresh in your fridge with clingfilm and the mountain of containers like I do? Have a go at these! The new eco trending reusable wrap, lasting approximately a year, refresh or make more and they’re bio-degradable using only natural materials! EW’s Mumma Ice Queen HOW TO: make beeswax wraps that work!
Finish This Sentence: The best beauty tip I ever got was … Like me I’m sure you have read or are told beauty advice, tips and cheats from family/friends to a Facebook feed. Having just put ‘beauty tips’ into Google search engine at top of screen it stated ‘About 2,550,000,000 results.’ Wow! We all want
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World Childless Week 13th-19th Sept 2021 Stephanie Phillips is passionate about raising awareness for the childless not by choice. After realising that there was no national recognition of the community she decided to start World Childless Week “Being childless not by choice is the taboo subject of an unrecognised minority. World Childless Week is there
Sam is a ‘real’ motivational speaker who says it how it is. With years of experience behind her and a wealth of SEND and mental health support to offer. Providing practical real advice to support positive mental health. I Like Myself! This lady is definitely a great listen, down to earth and ‘real’, she has
The Cactus Kitchen now offers a food prep service! Calorie controlled, high protein, low fat or whatever it is you’re looking for! Vegan, veggie or a bit of both! Breakfast, lunch and dinner with snacks if needed! 3 days or 5 get in touch with Bella at The Cactus Kitchen to discuss options. Belle, the
For twenty years I’ve been unable to achieve a state of ‘mindfulness’ then one day back in the brief summer of 2019 between the monsoon-stylee rainy days, I got my fine-nib coloured pens out along with a Jane Austen colouring book I’d recently discovered shoved in the back of a sideboard drawer. The scenes to
Restorative conversations with real people Eoin Walker is the Trauma Lead for World Extreme Medicine and a Pre-Hospital Mass Casualty Incident Management Paramedic, so he knows his stuff! I look forward to bringing you on this journey with me. Eoin Walker In a notification draining world we rarely have conversations that give back to us.
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When I grew up I wanted to be Susie Dent, but the job was already taken, still is. So if you are like me and love the history and origins of language I thought I’d share this interesting [and short] article I found on the BBC Culture pages this week. Sculpting a vocabulary to describe
Spoon Theory Created by Christine Miserandino, Spoon Theory is an invaluable read for those of us who need to adapt to disability or invisible illness. Christine’s personal story and her Spoon Theory analogy first published in 2003 is one of the best tools for understanding how to manage our restrictions or capabilities and is a
If there is any recipe you will be impressed with once made, it’ll be this one! Being a hands down winner in my house. This time around I made 12 x jaffa cakes but also 12 x strawberry cakes. These were voted favourite and didn’t last 2 days once I’ve made them. I fancy blackcurrant
‘Blink’ – The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Written by Malcolm Gladwell Blink has three aims: “to demonstrate that decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately; to help decide when we should and shouldn’t trust our instincts; and to show that snap judgments and first impressions
Covid-19 Isolation Advice Duncan Falconer has taught the subject of managing imprisonment for many years. His students were mostly people who might find themselves the victims of kidnap situations, where they might be incarcerated on their own or in small groups for months and possibly years. Isolation for the corona virus is clearly not the
Louise Bougourd A contemporary artist in Devon, Louise is inspired by man-made structures and how the ravages of time and nature alter their place in our surroundings – how utilitarian objects have real beauty. Alongside her interest in decay, she is also inspired by the natural world making her a truly interesting and innovative artist.
Seeking financial opportunities have been a lifelong pursuit of mine. Being left holding the baby and in debt by his truely, I decided that a role model for my daughter I must be. Creating, upcycling, recycling, inventing the list is endless. I have come along way since then, having a husband and daughter number two,
With mindfulness being so on point and lots of us not knowing how to start slowing our brain down, two extreme-stressheads at everything-womanly.com have taken to the biggest arty trends of the lockdown era! Paint By Numbers & Colouring In! Both of them have found that the more intricate or interesting-to-them projects they can find,
Breakfast Pancake Light Bulb Moment! Keto pancakes yesterday morning for breakfast and had left over batter and thought better use that up, but really felt like bacon, OMG dilemma! I am a real breakfast foodie. Normally my first thoughts of the day are thinking what shall I have whilst walking down the stairs (sad I
For a quick dinner mid week these are great to prepare for the family. I use different flavour spicing depending on the mood we are in. But in these times we switch it up with whatever’s in the cupboards! Instead of using garam masala as in this recipe, other flavour choices could be tandoori, harissa,
These scrummy brownies I fell in love with a long time ago. Every time I see a brownie I think of these they’re that good! My husband who is not gluten free agrees with me and they are a common make in our house, unfortunately they don’t last long. Courtesy of the wonderful Mr Hugh
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