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YogaBugs at the Yoga Garden Party!

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Catch YogaBugs at the Yoga Garden Party this Saturday, 4th August.

The Yoga Garden Party is a fun charity day in aid of the Hope Foundation.

Hope was set up in 1999, to help restore basic human rights to the street children of Kolkata. Today Hope is the largest and most recognized NGO in Kolkata and has a Head Office in Ireland, an implementation office in Kolkata, and since 2007, a branch in the UK. Their focus in the UK is on awareness raising, reaching a wider audience and also to raise funds for the projects in Kolkata.

Hope has many famous patrons, including Simon Low, Principal of The Yoga Academy. Simon raises money through donation yoga days and classes, fundraising events (Yoga Garden Party!) and sponsorships.

The Yoga Garden party is at a beautiful location, Commonwork Farm, Kent. Tickets are only £20 and the day will be full of classes ranging from Tai Chi, Vinyassa Yoga, Glow Yoga, Meditation and much. There is also a number of well being treatments available and a luxury raffle!

It is a family event, with activities and crafts for children including our very own YogaBugs sessions at 12:30pm and 4pm. There will also be a guest appearance from the YogaBugs man, treats for children and the chance to speak to a member of the team about our training opportunities.

We are really looking forward to the event and we hope to see you there.

For information and tickets please visit:  www.charityyogaday.org.uk

Top Festivals Child Friendly Festivals

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Magic Loungeabout

Returning for a third year with three headliners and an increasingly enticing programme of music and arts, this is a boutique festival where you get the chance to see arena filling acts in an intimate setting. Short listed for best new festival in 2008 and best grass roots festival in 2011, Magic Loungeabout considers itself to be one of the most imaginative festivals in the north and the ultimate escape to the country for those in the know. And better still our YogaBugs Yorkshire team will be there too.

Venue: Broughton Hall, Yorkshire (www.magicloungeabout.net)

When: 27 to 29 July

Tickets: Check website

Underage Festival

Now in its sixth year, this super-cool one-day festival for 13-17 year olds only is all about the music. With five stages to choose from, your teens will be spoilt for choice with 22-year-old soul and folk sensation Lianne La Havas (whose influences include Nina Simone and Lauryn Hill) London’s lively grime and dance-punk act Hadouken! and Outfit, a guitar-pop quintet from Merseyside who’ve been compared to New Order and Franz Ferdinand.

Venue: Shoreditch Park, London N1 (underagefestivals.com)

When: 31 August

Tickets: £19.50

Sunrise Celebration

Last year Sunrise won the Green Parent Magazine Best Festival Award and they’ve just found out that they’ve won for this year too! The festivalwill have an larger kids area this year, focused around a giant helter skelter, with a fairground ride, a safe toddlers’ area and a teen space with a skate ramp. There will also be a wide range of workshops for kids from basket weaving to learning about home-grown food.

Venue: Gilcombe Farm, Bruton (sunrisecelebration.com)

When: 21-24 June

Tickets: adult £115, age 16-17 £70, age 5-15 £25, family £255

Standon Calling

This imaginative festival is particularly child-friendly with its special area set aside for children, which features an art and crafts area for painting, drawing, playdough, mural making, beatboxing classes and more. The organisers recently reported that as many kids tickets were issued for 2012 as in the previous two years combined. Not surprising, as under 13s go free.

Venue: Standon Lordship, Herts (standon-calling.com)

When: 3-5 August

Tickets: adult three-day £99, two-day £78, one-day £25-£39, under 13s free

Cornbury Festival

Cornbury is well-known for its magical children’s zone, featuring storytelling, yoga, parachute games, a ventriloquist show, Punch & Judy, face painting, mask making, arts and crafts, clay modelling, the Orange Hat Puppet Show and circus skills African dance workshops.

Venue: Great Tew Park, Great Tew (cornburyfestival.com)

When: 29 June-1 July

Tickets: adult £150-£275, age 13-16 £75-£150, age 3-12 £10-£25

Larmer Tree Festival

This intimate festival, held at the beautiful Larmer Tree Gardens, is packed with activities for children including the Emmy-award winning Farmer Jason and his infectious music show. Look out too for Vasalisa and the Peacock from Hinged Theatre, who host an origami puppet, workshop for kids, as well as kids’ drumming with Inta Africa, and a YouthZone for 11-17 year olds.

Venue: Larmer Tree Gardens, near Salisbury (larmertreefestival.co.uk)

When: 11-15 July

Tickets: adult five-day £190, age 11-17 £155, age 5-10 £130, four-day £105-£165, three-day £90-£140, one-day £24-£60

Camp Bestival

Children are superbly catered for at this quirky festival, with the Upper Kids’ Garden on the Castle’s back lawn providing a big top, theatre workshop and bouncy castle, plus a separate toddlers’ area and the pioneering Breastival Mother and Baby Temple. The Lower Kids’ Garden caters for slightly older children, and features the English National Ballet tent, the Insect Circus and Museum and the Little Big Top. Look out too for CBeebies Mr Tumble and antics from Dick and Dom.

Venue: Lulworth Castle, Dorset (campbestival.net)

When: 26-29 July

Tickets: adult £175-£185, student £170, age 15-17 £110, age 11-14 £95, under 10s free

What To Do This Weekend: 12 August

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What a great time I had at the LolliBop Children’s Festival last weekend and I really enjoyed our jungle and supersonic adventures! I really love getting out and meeting other YogaBugs. I’m now back at YogaBugs mission control but there are plenty of child friendly festivals you can go to over the summer. Check out festivalkidz.com for more information.

The National Trust are giving free admission to kids between 1-26 August. You can download your free voucher here – http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-visits-kidsgofree.htm. The National Trust also have hundredds of ‘Wild Child’ activities taking place in our gardens, parks, woodland, open countryside and beaches. From safaris and bug hunts to pond dipping and bat watching, there are plenty of ways children can get close to nature in the great outdoors.

Waybuloo will be bringing a life size Pipling’s home to several National Trust locations across England. Children are able to climb inside an specially adapted Piplings home and imagine what it would be like to live as a Pipling. For more information regarding venues around the country, visit  http://uk.waybuloo.com/news/visit-piplings-home. Meanwhile here are some other activities to keep you entertained over the summer holidays.

Build A Den: An innate ability in children or join a course. This can give them ideas for dens to keep them entertained for the entire summer. For den-building courses seewww.forestry.gov.uk.

Try Sand Sculpture: Sand sculpting is more popular than ever before and doesn’t just have to be confined to making sand castles. Start with a flotsam and jetsam-collecting session, since this will add plenty of fuel to your ideas, and then set off.

Organise A Rounders Match: Everyone loves a rounders match (or you could make it cricket). Simply phone a few other families, choose your day, and bring picnics for lunch. Make sure the teams are well-balanced in terms of age, ability etc, and play hard! It’s a wonderfully bonding experience.

Row A Boat: Most places have a park with a boating lake somewhere within striking distance, so why not throw caution to the wind and try out the boats? Make sure the kids wear life jackets which should be available from the hire attendant. Take it in turns to row  -so what if you end up going round and round in circles?

Borrow A Dog: If your child is a dog lover, chances are that a dog would be a welcome guest – so why not invite one over, for the day or even for the weekend? To find your dog, just ask around: dog-owners need breaks too.