Flash Tarts! (and other party nibbles) Saturday 26th November @ Friends Meeting House, Brighton 2pm – 4pm (2 hours) Party time is coming so why not get the kids helping you to cook some delightfully speedy, easy and showy-offy nibbles? In a word – FLASH! Cookery Doodle Doo will show you and your little ones how to make mini party nibbles that will be popular with guests of all ages; from ‘Mini Cheesecakes in a [...]

Meet Sally Cropper, a doula and placenta encapsulation specialist covering the Sussex coast area. Company name: DoulaCare Website: www.doulacare.me.uk Occupation: Placenta Encapsulation Specialist & Birth/Postnatal Doula Age: 48 Area: Based in Brighton, covering the whole of Sussex Children?: Alice, age 14 Partner?: Richard Are you Brighton / Sussex born and bred?: Born in Cornwall, brought up in Hampshire and lived in Brighton for 16 years now, so apart from a spell in London I’ve always [...]

BrightonMums.com present a fabulous opportunity to win an Indian food cookery lesson for one adult in your own home courtesy of Subji. Indian food has become a part of the British culinary blueprint but did you know that most of our traditional curry houses serve Punjabi food? San, the person behind the Subji cookery class philosophy, gives you the chance to impress your friends, family or that someone special with some authentic Punjabi cuisine. No [...]

Guest blogger Katie Elfer shares with BrightonMums.com a healthy but tasty recipe perfect for kids and adults alike.

Today we’re at the Business Mums Conference in Brighton checking out the latest state of UK mumpreneurs. There’s motivational speakers, workshops, discussions and networking sessions. We’ll be bringing you the highlights via our liveblog with up to the minute reporting and video. Check the feed below and use the Twitter hashtag #BMS2011 to be a part of it in cyberspace.

  Next week Brighton plays host to the Business Mums Summit, a networking event for parents running their own business. ‘Mumpreneur’ has certainly become the latest business watchword and networking events such as these are firmly fixed in the women’s work calendars. The list of speakers for the event could seem a little intimidating. Their achievements are immense, starting with Kate Garraway, TV presenter and discount shopping web guru and Laura Tenison MBE founder of [...]

Our guest reviewer Louise tested out Cookery Doodle Doo on a  very wet saturday morning! It was a cold and rainy Saturday morning and as I looked out of the window wondering what to do with my 5 year old girl I was offered the chance to go and review a Cookery Doodle Doo children’s cookery class in the centre of Brighton which we jumped at the chance of as our trip to the park [...]

A chance to take part in some free unique workshops for mothers is coming up at the Tarner Children’s Centre in November. Mother’s Uncovered is a creative writing experience for mums with babies allowing them to capture their thoughts on those first few weeks and months with their child. Faciliated by Livestock non-profit organisation, the sessions are designed so that mums can bring baby but still have quality time to think and write. Part of [...]

Elizabeth runs Officrèche. A Brighton based creche and office facility for working parents. In the centre of Brighton it is a place where mum or dad can work in the office facilities provided and the children are looked after by professionals in close proximity to the office space.

Next Tuesday sees another session of  ‘Doctor Talks’ where a senior consultants or other health professionals from the local NHS Trust speak about developments in their particular area of medicine. This next talk will be given by Brighton and Sussex University Hospital Consultant Obstetrician Mr Tony Kelly and Emma Luhr, Head of Midwifery at Worthing and Southlands NHS Trust. It will feature two areas of current interest, the Normalising Birth Project in the South East [...]