Teenagers are risk-takers: teach them first aid

Teenagers are risk-takers: teach them first aid1 in 3 Brits don’t know how to perform CPR. This makes our citizens three times more likely to die from a cardiac arrest, than those living in countries which teach first aid skills. This frustrating statistic is in...
Tackling exam stress

Tackling exam stress

Tackling exam stressTackling exam stress  Louise Coyle Cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapist and EFT practitioner Changing Times Hypnotherapy  The exam season is looming for many families – because it isn’t just the teenagers who suffer from exam stress, it can be the...
Relationship issues during the Menopause

Relationship issues during the Menopause

Relationship issues during the MenopauseHere is the latest question received by Relationship Expert Pam Custers from a client experiencing relationship issues just at the point that she was going through the Menopause.    The Question: Hi I have been married for...

Feel the chill and not the overwhelm

Feel the chill and not the overwhelmRead the latest letter from our Resident Relationship Therapist Pam Custers Dear Pam As the nights get longer my heart gets heavier. I keep making lists and they seem to get longer not shorter. I don’t feel like I am achieving...

RHC: Interview with Dame Esther Rantzen DBE

RHC: Interview with Dame Esther Rantzen DBE  We met with Dame Esther Rantzen in the Summer to talk about The Silver Line and how loneliness is a reality for too many people in our society today. Up to a fifth of adults in the UK feel lonely most or all of the...
Why use a solicitor?

Why use a solicitor?

Why use a solicitor?There are lots of ways to obtain legal advice – why use a solicitor? Getting the right advice is priceless, says Kim Peacock of Peacock & Co.  When you need legal advice, do you need a solicitor? For your will: surely you can write it...

Supporting a parent in the family home

Supporting a parent in the family homeI have recently been contacted by Mrs B the daughter of a delightful gentleman Mr C who is 86 yrs old. Her father has lived with her and her family for many years but has become increasingly frail, due to largely physical...
Don’t miss out on tax perks

Don’t miss out on tax perks

Don’t miss out on tax perksIt’s time you thought about inheritance tax, says Katherine Carroll, Partner at Peacock & Co Solicitors. ‘Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes’ said Benjamin Franklin and indeed HMRC Inheritance Tax (IHT)...

The best time to seek advice about eldercare

The best time to seek advice about eldercareI posted this article on my website in January this year: “One of the most common questions I am asked is, when is the best time to take advice about care and support?My answer is simple; it is never too early to take...