The complete list of all life-guiding messages for young people – click the titles for further information
From today, if you are between 28 and 38 weeks pregnant you will be offered a Whooping Cough vaccine through your GP surgery. Your immune system will make antibodies that will be passed onto your baby in the womb, protecting them until they can be vaccinated at two months of age.
Loving yourself is not an ego-building exercise. It is putting the negative self image away and realising that the person you are is worth loving.
Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs and airways. The condition usually begins with a persistent dry and irritating cough which progresses to intense bouts of coughing. These are followed by a distinctive ‘whooping’ noise which is how the condition gets its name.
If you’ve got a good idea of where you want to go with your career and like the idea of earning while you learn, an Apprenticeship could be for you. You’ll get top quality training, developing skills and gaining qualifications on the job.
The Social Fund is a government fund that provides emergency payments for different purposes. It provides set payment amounts for things like: maternity costs, funeral costs, and cold weather and winter fuel payments.
About 50,000 people in the UK require some form of ongoing treatment for kidney failure, of which about 7,000 are currently waiting for a kidney transplant. The average wait for a kidney transplant in the UK is 1,000 days.
Mood swings are common during pregnancy due to the increased level of hormones in your blood. Letting your partner/friends/family know it isn’t personal helps them support you better.
Manners don’t cost anything, but saying ‘please’, ‘thank you’ and ‘sorry’ can make a real difference to other people’s perception of you.
Online volunteering allows you to do voluntary work to help those in need, at a time that suits you from your own home. Share your skills with those who really need them.
If someone close to you has died and you are aged 17 years or younger then you can contact Nelson’s Journey for help and support: Nelson’s Journey – supporting bereaved children in Norfolk (01603 431788).