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FCA appeal for new carers across Thames Valley to foster young parents with their child Foster Care Associates (FCA) is helping young parents in Milton Keynes, Aylesbury, and across the Thames Valley region, to develop
their parenting skills by providing support in the home of a specially trained foster carer. The aim is to keep the family together and stop the children from going into care.
FCA which marks its 21st anniversary of providing care and support to children and young people this year, is appealing for potential carers in Thames Valley with the time, inclination and space to care for a young parent and their child to consider a move into fostering. A parent and child placement offers the parent – often the mother – and child the best
opportunity to remain together. A young parent may be struggling to care for their child and require extra support, and these placements allow the parent to develop their parenting skills in a stable and caring environment whilst in the guidance of their foster carer. FCA encourages parent and child placements because they allow the parent to maintain and build upon their relationship with the child, meaning a foster home can play a pivotal role in ensuring the parent and child a happy lifetime together. Karen Bolton, registered manager, from FCA Thames Valley said: "Rather than referring struggling young parents to residential units to have their parenting assessed, family courts and local authorities are increasingly beginning to refer them to parent and child foster placements. “With fully trained support staff across the Thames Valley region ready to work with new carers and guide them, FCA
offer full support and guidance to carers and children alike to ensure that each relationship fulfils the children and the family as whole” Placements can range from short-term assessment periods, which generally last up to 12 weeks, to more long-term ones that offer the chance to help the parent provide care and guidance to the child. This means an appropriate placement can be found to suit the foster home. Some are pre-birth placements that help parents to prepare for the birth of the child. FCA provides support to those undertaking parent and child placements every step of the way, including training, a financial allowance, access to carer support groups and organised family activities. For more information on becoming a foster carer with FCA call 0800 023 4561 or visit www.thefca.co.uk
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Knowing Your Consumer Rights I am becoming increasingly fed up with dealing with retailers right across Beds, Bucks and beyond who either don’t familiarise themselves with consumer law, or who deliberately attempt to pull the wool over their customer’s eyes. That makes it so important that we all understand the law as consumers. That way, when a retailer talks rubbish, we spot it straight away.
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I thought this month I would take the opportunity to explain ‘Statutory Rights’. You may have seen on a receipt or contract ‘This does not affect your statutory rights’. This means that anything the retailer has offered you (in terms of returns policy etc) does not change the things you’re entitled to by law.
amount of time. I would suggest a minimum of 5 years’ worth of ‘reasonable use’ before it blows up. If it develops a manufacturing fault at any time during that period, the retailer IS LIABLE! Any attempt to fob you off, should be met with a firm, but polite explanation of your consumer rights.
When you purchase any brand new goods or services in the UK you are protected by your ‘statutory rights’ (sale of goods act 1979).
Bear in mind, the retailer is at liberty to take into account usage you’ve had from a product before it breaks though. For example, if your 4 year old fridge blows up, the retailer could offer to replace it, but will ask for a contribution from you for the 4 years use you had from the previous model.
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For the first 6 months after purchase, it’s up to the retailer to prove that the fault with the item is NOT their responsibility. After the first 6 months it’s your responsibility. Therefore, my advice when dealing with an obstructive retailer, is to
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I was born with my dad’s eyebrows. Naturally thick, shapeless and unsightly, they looked like two caterpillars stuck to my forehead. At age twelve I followed the fashion of the day and plucked away until they were within a whisper of totally disappearing - and I was on the point of fainting! Today, my eyebrows are thin, shapeless and unsightly and I’m resigned to them looking that way forever. Or rather I was…
Internet searches assure me that no matter how over-plucked, over-waxed or overgroomed your eyebrows may be, there is hope still for beautiful, arched, perfectly coiffed specimens. The most extreme method might be an eyebrow transplant (yes really!), but there are other less drastic options! Most of us ladies – and the odd gent too – need to lose a few hairs from the brow line. The easiest solution is tweezing away the stray hairs yourself, but the results are short-lived and the risk of creating the wrong shape is high. Better results can be achieved by a professional, with waxing and threading methods achieving hair removal lasting around 4-6 weeks. Fair or very thin eyebrows may benefit from being tinted. Like hair dye, this changes the colour and lasts 4-6 weeks. A popular look at the moment is HD (High Definition) Brows which focus on shape and design and promise to give you sleek, stylish brows like those enjoyed by the stars. A seven step process that includes a consultation followed by tinting, waxing, threading, tweezing, trimming and finishing with a pencil or brush to fill in any gaps, is described as more than just shaping or tidying but actual eyebrow artistry!
With your brows looking beautiful brows it’s time to move on to the eyelashes. There are numerous mascaras around promising volume, length and thickness, and I can vouch for some of them actually working! My daughter’s naturally long lashes were taken to another level following the application of a new mascara. But what else is on offer? Tinting is an option if your lashes are particularly fair, and it’s not just for girls. I remember the difference it made to my friend’s son after his lashes were darkened. Curling makes straight lashes appear longer, and creates the illusion of wider, brighter, more feminine eyes. Lash-perming, which is best carried out by a professional, can make the results can last for six weeks, which is great for holidays or if you have any big events lined up. Finally, how about having eyelash extensions? This is one of the UK’s fastest growing beauty treatments and involves gluing separate synthetic eyelashes to individual natural lashes to give a luscious, natural look. The amount of curl, length or thickness can vary according to your personal preference and the results last for 8-12 weeks depending on your natural lash growth cycle.
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Prune back spring flowering shrubs and cut back/clean and dived spring flowering perennials If you haven’t done so yet plant out summer bedding into borders, containers and hanging baskets Remember to feed your containers and hanging baskets weekly with a liquid feed such as Miracle Gro or Tomorite. Dead-head spent blooms regularly Trim lavender plants now, cutting off any old flower heads and about 2.5cm (1 inch) of the current year's growth Pinch out the side shoots of tomatoes and tie in as required. Stake border perennial varieties that are tall growing and that tend to flop over Check roses for mildew, aphid, black-spot or other insect or disease problems and if they appear, take steps to control them straight away Begin to cut the grass regularly and fill in any bare spots by slightly loosening the surface of the soil and sow a good quality lawn seed over the area evenly Keep on top of weeds by hoeing regularly in dry conditions. Earth up potatoes, and promptly plant any still remaining.
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Looking Up! TheNight Sky In Beds & Bucks June And July 2015 See The International Space Station From Bedfordshire: The first two weeks of June sees the
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The government is providing a one-off opportunity to allow existing pensioners and those reaching State Pension age before 6 April 2016 to increase their additional State Pension. This will be achieved by payment of Class 3A voluntary national insurance contributions (NICs), which will improve their retirement income by obtaining inflationproofed extra additional State Pension. The opportunity to pay will be available from 12 October 2015 to 5 April 2017 and there are two entitlement conditions;
of Class 3A contributions will result in ÂŁ1 per week of additional State Pension Setting a ÂŁ25 a week maximum additional State Pension that can be obtained through payment of Class 3A contributions
The government has set up a State Pension top up Providing for a cooling off calculator, which can be period of 90 days from found here: www.gov.uk/ payment during which a state-pension-topup/y/ refund can be obtained; Individuals should applying also to the consider making Class 3 estate of a person who contributions to cover dies during that period gaps in their Basic State Pension provision, where The additional pension possible, before making purchased with class 3A Class 3A contributions. NICs: These may give a better Will increase in line with return than the figures above. CPI inflation
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MISCONCEPTIONS IN FAMILY LAW
There are many misconceptions in the world of Family Law, the most common of which are : 1. Common Law Marriage There is no such thing! Many people assume that unmarried couples share the same rights as their married counter-parts, however, this is not the case. Cohabitees are unable to claim maintenance for themselves (i.e. other than for a child of the relationship) nor are they entitled to claim against the other party’s pension. Furthermore, cohabitees are not necessarily entitled to an interest in the property and neither do they have an automatic right to continue occupying the family home. 2. The Rights of Fathers Unless the father is married to the mother and/or named on the child’s birth certificate, they do not automatically have parental responsibility for the child. It follows that they may not be entitled to determine
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community Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Armed Forces Day Sat 27th June 2015 On Saturday 27th June 2015 from 13.00 – 19.00, Aylesbury Rugby Club in Weston Turville (HP22 5RN) will host Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Armed Forces Day. There are a wide range of activities planned for this exciting family day out, which include an air show, fun fair, live music, craft stalls, children’s activities, beer tent, food, zip wire and much, much more! We are expecting 10,000 people from across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes to attend the event. With Members of the Armed Forces being able to attend for free as a thank you from the local community. This includes Veterans, Reservists, Cadets, Forces Families and Serving Personnel. This year we want our event to be bigger and better than ever and we want you to be a part of it! For ticket information please
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