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For Mumpreneurs

Depositit
How do you back up your PC? Indeed, do you back up your PC? Whenever I did, it involved long-winded and fiddly backing up to several CD ROMs, and it was only as good as the last time I did it. Then I found out about this fantastic online service. It's dead simple - just sign up and set a regular daily backup. All your important files and programs get backed up to a secure server. Simple, and it works - my kind of technology!

Do Your Own PR
Do your own PR is THE place to go for every new business on a budget that wants to make the most of the great benefits PR can bring. Here you will find fabulous e-courses from how to do your press release to cold calling to how to do your own newsletter. I've used do your own pr now for over a year and I wouldn't pay anyone else to do my PR!

Small Business Success
If you're thinking of starting your own business, or you are already self-employed, I urge you to bookmark this site and sign up for the monthly newsletter. SBS is generously packed with essential information, pointers and tips. Plenty of articles on every aspect of running your own small business.

West Midlands Woman
Online business advice, training, fact sheets, tips, templates for aspiring and existing women entrepreneurs from the Women’s Business Development Agency.

Which Franchise
Everything you need to know about franchising, with a women's section too!

WiRE
A dynamic networking and business club which aims to help rural women in every way possible towards starting and maintaining their own rural enterprise.

 

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For Coaches

Websites That Get Clients

An essential and great value guide especially for Coaches. Mary McNeill's expertise is in showing coaches how they can set up a coaching website that attracts clients without spending hundreds of pounds on web designers or having to be a technical whizz.

 

Community and Support

Busy Little Ones
A great online directory so that parents can locate local baby and toddler activities.

Eat And Play
The online guide for child friendly restaurants and playcentres in the North West and North Wales. Eat and Play has taken the hard work out of booking a birthday party or eating out with children as they have done the hard work for you! Each venue is reviewed by Eat and Play and includes photos, prices and menus. In addition, there are discounts available for Eat and Play visitors such as complimentary freshly brewed coffee for Mum or a helium ballon for the little ones.

Family Rapp
Family Rapp is a weekly online magazine for parents with a wealth of information on parenting, health, education, children's books, recipes, days out and family holidays. A one stop resource.

Food For Life
An informative website that is campaigning for nutritious and sustainable school meals. A great bonus to this site is the three week menu planner with recipes.

Great Dad

GreatDad is a leading source of experience, recommendations, inspiration and advice for dads—delivered from the male perspective. GreatDad features advice from experienced dads on parenting, pregnancy care, adoption, child care, and on raising kids and teens.

Kids and Reading

Tips and advice to help kids enjoy reading

London Mums is the only free and independent peer support group for mums based in London. London Mums believe strongly in face-to-face interaction and organise on a weekly basis a number of activities for mums (and dads) and children - trips to view exhibitions at the National Gallery, movies at the local cinema, nature walks, etc. The service is run by mums for other mums and children and is free for everyone to join. For more information on activities, events, mums’ tips, check the website www.londonmums.org.uk

Parents in Touch
Parents in Touch is an educational information site for people with children of all ages. It explains all the schooling terminology, gives information on teaching methods, subject matter and advice on how parents can help.

For Parents By Parents
For Parents By Parents was launched several years ago by two mums, and it just keeps getting better. "Just Honest Advice" given in a warm and supportive tone. And lots of competitions to win as well!

Mumsnet
An excellent webzine for mums. Information rich, with reviews on everything from nappies to holidays. Loads of chat forums and parenting tips shared by other mums.

Net Mums
Netmums is a local network for mums aimed at helping mums cope and enjoy being a mum. Whether you're looking for a local parent and toddler group, pre-school or childcare; are desperate for somewhere new to take the kids; or would like to make some new friends in your area, netmums has the answer.

Great Dad Provides advice for fathers on parenting, dad care, pregnancy care, adoption, child care, and raising kids and teens.

 

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Personal Development

Amanda Alexander
My own general coaching website with information about coaching, some self-coaching exercises and the fantastic Goal Getter™ Kit; a complete 6 week system that helps you get the goals you set.

Strength for Life
Strength for Life explores most key elements of a happy and successful life, with career/vocational insights, articles and audio clips on spiritual and inner fulfillment, self-belief and happiness.

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Fun and Travel

Baby Loves Disco is a monthly afternoon dance party for parents and their children from 6mths – 7yrs. The fun spills out from all corners of the coolest club in town: real DJ’s playing real music, bubble machines, egg shakers, dance scarves, chill out area, face painting, nappy changing stations, a full spread of healthy snacks, juice boxes and LOTS of dancing. But at its core Baby Loves Disco is a community event that brings kids together with kids and parents together with parents guaranteed to be the best time you’ve had at a kid’s event…..!

For more information and tickets visit www.babylovesdisco.co.uk

 

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Working Mums

Mother At Work
The webzine that deals with working lives, family lives and personal lives. Practical advice and information to help you get the balance right.

Thirsty Thursday
Not sure whether TT should be in a category of its own entitled "Fun and Pleasure". Thirsty Thursday started with a group of friends who wanted to make sure they stayed in touch by meeting at least once a month. Now TT is an incredible partnership which connects women to each other, opens up possibilities and helps them fulfil their amazing potential.
Most importantly, they organise the classiest nights out. If you live in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool or Cheshire, and you like your networking with class, then you won't find anything like this fabuous organisation. Tried, tested and thoroughly enjoyed by Coaching Mums!

Tinies Childcare
Tinies Childcare is the UK's largest and most proactive childcare agency. With 22 branches across the UK we have more childcarers than anyone else. Whether you need a nanny, mothers' help, maternity nurse or nursery nurse we will have the right person for you and your family. Our childcarers are available for permanent, temporary & emergency work & they all thoroughly vetted, interviewed, reference checked and CRB checked.

Working Families
Working Families, formerly Parents At Work and New Ways to Work, is a campaigning charity which supports and gives a voice to working parents and carers, and helps employers create workplaces which encourage work-life balance for everyone.
They offer a range of factsheets covering issues such as maternity rights, flexible working, parental and emergency family leave, paternity leave plus an online forum and free legal helpline.

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Shopping

Squashed Tomato
Squashed Tomato sells premium UK greeting cards in themed selections.  Wonderful collections of birthday cards, blank cards, children’s birthday cards and cards for all occasions.  Every sale benefits charity.

Toys to You
Educational, wooden and soft toys. Toys to you is run as a family business, with sound values about what they sell and how they sell it. Toys to you aim to save parents time and money, whilst providing toys chosen by their own children.

Born Gifted
Unique baby gifts, Christening gift ideas, children’s educational toys, personalised baby gifts and other great gift ideas for children with gift wrap and next day delivery available.

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