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New Year, new you; why not give blood this year? #52KindWeeks
We have had a couple of weeks off in our #52KindWeeks series, but we are back and this time with a really important message. Give Blood. It is a simple thing to do; but can make a massive difference to many, many people’s lives: Less than 3% of people give blood actively; can you imagine […]
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Help a child in care with one small gesture this Christmas #52KindWeeks
BookTrust, the UK’s largest children’s reading charity, is calling on members of the public to donate to BookTrust’s festive appeal and light up a child in care’s Christmas. Christmas can be an especially tough time for a child in care and a surprise book gift shows them that someone is thinking of them. By donating […]
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Light up the sky with a message of love and donate to Macmillan #LightSky
*sponsored post* Would you like to send a video message to your loved ones written in the stars? npower has recently teamed up with Amanda Holden in aid of Macmillan Cancer support to create the world’s first interactive hologram set against the night sky. Set at the observation point on the London Southbank from 29th November to […]
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My brother lived on the streets so it really COULD be you #ItCouldBeMe
This is a staggering statistic: “Most of us are only three missed pay checks from homelessness.” This isn’t the only stark reality about homelessness, which is why We are Trinity and The Big SleepOut is so important for 2015. Being homeless has touched my life, with my brother living on the streets for a number of months because of mental […]
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The shocking truth about kids accidents, and ten ways to avoid them
Now, I don’t like to create alarm, and this post is certainly not intended to do this at all. What we are trying to do is raise awareness of how easy it is for: a) A child to have an accident in the home, and most importantly, b) Prevent those accidents with our kids. That […]
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Comic Relief #Danceathon: The story of a honkosaurus and a personal nightmare in gold leggings
So on Sunday I saddled up my Dinosaurs, and rode off to Wembley to shake my honkosaurus touche for the Comic Relief Danceathon… And guess what, we did it. TeamHonk are officially awesome – well if Claudia Winkleman says it, it must be true, right? There is still time to SPONSOR ME, and we can […]
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Sponsor the Honkosaurus! #TeamHonkDanceathon
Come one everyone – Sponsor the HONKOSAURUS! After my aborted attempt to draw a Honkosaurus, the lovely and very talented Alice, from Life as Alice, put together this wonderful picture for me…what do you think? I suspect that this is the cutest that I am ever, ever likely to look. The big day is […]
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Walking the Dinosaur for Red Nose Day #Teamhonkdanceathon
This blogging business has helped me do many a wonderful things – from messing about with many wonderful products, to meeting some truly amazing people. Sometimes though, it makes me do stuff that, well, in all honesty, I thought I was a little bit passed – I am mature now right? However, thanks to the […]
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Introducing the One Feeds Two Foundation
It’s November and I am not ashamed to say that the launch of the new John Lewis advert has already got me feeling slightly festive. I am not usually so easily taken in by these adverts, if anything I am the ‘bah humbug’ guy who leaves Christmas until the 24th. However, this year is […]
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Help 1.5 million children find their voice #seethechild
In January of this year, I had the pleasure of meeting the truly amazing Camila Batmanghelidjh, the founder and director of Kids Company. I hadn’t heard of the charity and was humbled by the work that she and her colleagues did to help children that in my ignorance, I didn’t know existed. I was distraught to […]
