Major advice sessions are being held across Southend to help residents and businesses copewith the difficulties of the current economic climate.
Southend Together Partnership is hosting a series of ‘Beat the Recession' community-focused events to help cushion the blow. These give residents and businesses direct access to keyagencies that can offer real support and guidance on topics such as:
Finance – advice ranges from saving money at home with energy efficiency measures,to maximising your income and savings. Click to continue reading...

During the build up to the World Cup in South Africa, languagecaster will take a look at some of the countries taking part as well as taking a look back at some of the great players in World Cup history. This week we turn the spotlight on one of the less famous South American countries, Paraguay.

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A quick look at how setting goals back and allowing kids to choose between dribbling and passing at restarts helps player development Duration : 0:8:51 Technorati Tags: 4v4, coach, coaching, development, football, footy, games, learning, sided, small, small-sided, Soccer, ssgs, Training, youth Click to continue reading...

New York magazine has an excellent article up on the impacts of kids sleeping habits and their cognitive development: Overstimulated, overscheduled kids are getting at least an hour's less sleep than they need, a deficiency that, new research reveals, has the power to set their cognitive abilities back years. Click to continue reading...