Remember your teenage years? Chances are, you weren’t having the time of your life. How would you rank them? I, personally, can safely say, my teenage years were the hardest part of my life. With all the biological and emotional changes you go through in your teenage years, life pretty much sucks. I was quite popular in high school, but no one escapes bullying. That’s the nature of teenage minds. Where the difference is being made, is the support you’re getting and how you chose to deal with the bullies. It’s like walking on tightrope. My parents were very supportive …
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I’m lucky. Very lucky. I have roof above my head, running water and food. Internet access to write this. Literacy, because I was able to go to school. I have my beautiful family. I’m grateful for all this and I feel I ought to pay forward. CalAid is my chosen charity for this Christmas. Why CalAid? CalAid was set up in 2015. It’s a grassroots movement open to all, meeting the needs of refugees, asylum seekers and displaced people. It’s a movement for ordinary people who act on the belief that all human life is precious and all people should be …
Good Cause Of The Month: Send A Cow’s Sweet Swap Challenge
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What is Sweet Swap Challenge? It’s about giving up sweet things (refined sugar, cake, chocolate, biscuit etc.) for the month for anything from one week to the whole month of May and to donate the money you save or raise in sponsorship to Send a Cow. Sweet Swap is a great opportunity to cut back on refined sugar. It’s a double win: good for your health and you can support a fantastic cause. I, personally gave up sugar a few weeks ago when I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. It’s not easy, but supporting a good cause at the same time helps …
In collaboration with male cancer charity Orchid, I’d like to help their #CheckYourChaps campaign to raise awareness. As a wife and a daughter, I believe women should provide encouragement and support to the men in their lives to check themselves for the signs of testicular cancer. The charity have just completed surveying the British public, revealing that on average only 32% of men are regularly checking themselves. Young men are even less likely to check themselves (only 1 in 4 do!) which is worrying as testicular cancer most commonly affects those aged between 15 and 45. Each year, around 2,200 men …