Recent ONS data and their report highlighted the links between parents’ and children’s mental health problems, making each other’s situation worse and, for the children, impacting on their school results. Links between parental mental health, child mental health and school…
This week I’m doing an in-person talk for the Portsmouth Association of Wrens on Tuesday evening. It will be good to be amongst so many with shared experience of life in uniform. Also, whether you have a sight problem or…
Making Tax Digital is nearly upon us. www.gov.uk/government/collections/making-tax-digital-for-income-tax But there are some exemptions: 1. Automatic exemptions – based on information already held by HMRC There are 2 types of automatic exemption: Permanent – not requiredto use MTD for Income Tax,…
Some people may be sceptical due to the Department’s distinctly patchy record of getting things right, but they are apparently going to be able to decide when people with long-term health conditions limiting their day-to-day activities aren’t really too disabled. …
It took four of us: Karen the high priestess of the kitchen, Kathy the super-gardener, Will who’s another blind veteran and muggins here, to make choux buns for lunch. It was all highly experimental with one pre-made batch of raw…
Firstly, here’s the link to my Radio Victory interview last week: Look for Sunday’s ‘Between the Lines’ (15th March ’26) I start at about minute 16. Might be useful for anyone who is facing a life-changing health condition. …
If you’ve nothing better to do Sunday 6pm (for landlubbers!) you could listen to my latest interview on Radio Victory. To listen online click on the link below: DAB+ and Online : Radio like it used to be!…
Here are some extracts from a recent Office for National statistics report. Not very positive but perhaps a timely reminder to take back control of our lives: watch the diet, do a bit more exercise, make more contacts with friends,…
During the Covid pandemic, lots of jobs moved to remote home-working but now employers want more people back where they can see them. For disabled people, such moves can create serious limitations: the struggle to travel; negative impact on health;…
The latest Office for national Statistics data (Healthy life expectancy, UK – Office for National Statistics) makes grim reading for everyone and worse for women. Our expectations of living well seem to be going south. “In 2022 to 2024: Males…
