Fab Mums

If your computer is no longer fast enough and you need to change it for a reason or another, but it still works you have the opportunity to donate it to a fabulous organisation that puts it in good working order and then send it to under developed countries. It is what they do at [...]

A woman’s handbag is the one accessory that no woman can do without. The bigger the better; it needs to carry all our essentials in an organised manner and it must look good. Imagine a bag that is also a source of clean energy. Wouldn’t that be something? With simple sun exposure the bag produces [...]

The most inspiring post I have read this week is about making fabulous designs from objects that are usually regarded as waste by Karen at The Rubbish Diet  who shared her fabulous bag made out of ring pulls and unveiled the great charity behind it.
This bag and other similar items are made in Brazil as part [...]

The active kids campaign last year has donated to many schools and groups in local communities and the 2010 campaign intends to do just the same and more. Thanks to shoppers at Sainsbury’s, who simply collected vouchers, then donated them to schools and groups taking part, kids of all ages have benefited. Watch the video [...]

Save the Children was one of the first to bring aid to Leogane, a town close to the epicentre of the Haiti earthquake. Since Jan 20th 2010, when this film was shot, Save the Children has set up mobile clinics, distributed medical supplies for 85,000 people and brought food and essential household equipment to families [...]

As well as promoting many ways of raising funds for Haiti British Mummy Bloggers have come together to raise funds to send shelter boxes. English Mum has set up a JustGiving page Bloggers for Haiti to raise funds to send shelter boxes and help some of those families hit by this terrible tragedy. To date Bloggers for [...]

I have recently come across to the brilliant Kids in Museums organisation that promotes family friendly visits to museums and art galleries across the country. The organisation was founded after writer Dea Birkett’s son was thrown out of the Aztec’s exhibition at the Royal Academy for shouting “monster” at an exhibit. A fair reaction one [...]