The most important thing for all of us to do now to stop the spread of coronavirus is to stay at home. Here’s the official advice from the NHS explaining that in detail. COVID-19 testing I’ve actually been at home and keeping away from people as much as possible since the start of March, when […]
How to take part in a beach clean up
Have you ever taken part in a beach clean? It’s a really easy way to make a positive impact on the world. Every single piece of litter which you collect from the beach makes a difference – because it’s one less harmful thing to be eaten by sea creatures and to pollute the environment. You […]
10 easy ways to use less plastic and help save the world
Plastic is an endlessly versatile and useful product. It’s found all over the place, from supermarket carrier bags and food packaging to contact lenses and clothing. But the cost of our dependence on plastic is huge. Millions of tons of plastic waste end up in our seas every year, and it can be fatal to […]
10 reasons why orphanage voluntourism must stop
I’ve written about orphanage voluntourism before – in my post Orphanage voluntourism holidays. As an adoptive mother, I’m passionate about this subject, as anyone who’s ever talked to me about volunteering abroad will know. I’m writing about it again, because The Better Volunteering Better Care Network have asked me to support their #StopOrphanTrips campaign to raise […]
Family volunteering in Costa Rica
This is a guest post by Anglo-Italian journalist Lorenza Bacino. In August Lorenza, her husband and their son, aged 12, and daughter, aged 9, went to Costa Rica in Central America for their family holiday and it sounds like they had a brilliant time. Lorenza is writing a series of articles for Mums do travel about what they got up to and this is […]
Family volunteering holidays
Volunteering holidays are increasingly popular with everyone from gap year students to retired people but family volunteering holidays can also be a great option. The best volunteering trips work to support the local community as well as the volunteers. If you’re planning a volunteering trip it’s important to think carefully about the work you’re going to […]
Orphanage voluntourism holidays
Would you like a stranger to pay to spend time with your child? A stranger, recently arrived from another country, who doesn’t speak your language, who has no child-related qualifications or experience and who may not have undergone adequate CRB checks? What if something had happened to you and your child was in residential care? […]
National Trust family working holidays
My husband had a wonderful time yesterday afternoon outside clearing up leaves and attacking shrubs with the hedge trimmer. At Easter we were guests on a National Trust family working holiday to Stackpole in Pembrokeshire which I wrote about for The Independent. The youngest loved the day our group spent chopping down shrubs in the woods […]
