Latest Blogs From Fegans
Teaching Your Kids to Avoid Scams
Unfortunately with our kids spending so much time on their phones and online there comes the risk of being scammed. While we as adults might be wise to the tricks scammers use-...
The Loneliness of Parenting a Child with Autism
At least 700,000 people in the UK have autism. Discovering that her 11-year-old son Jack was among them changed Jenny’s world. But with the help of Fegans and other parents, she...
What Can We Do to Support our Children’s Education
As a parent, one of the big jobs is to make sure our children get a great education. We can make a real...
‘Children Don’t Come With Manuals!’: Life as a Fegans Parent Support Worker
Sally Ross has been working for Fegans for nearly two years and talked to us about life as a Parent Support...
What to Do if Your Kids Fail Their Exams
With the weight of their futures on their shoulders, students all around the country have been finding out...
Free-range Parenting: What Is it and How Can it Be useful?
If the term ‘free-range parenting’ makes you think of kids knee deep in mess, perhaps drinking their dad’s...
How to Manage Exam Stress
We have come to the time of year when many young people are facing exams or tests at school, with varying...
How Unhealthy is Gaming?
It’s the easiest form of entertainment: sit back, pick up a controller and off you go. With a huge array of...
How to Survive Christmas as a Divorced Parent
Christmas is a special time for children which traditionally involves the family unit but if parents are...
Bereavement and Loss
Losing someone or something we love and feel close to is extremely difficult and painful. Grief is our...
A Day in The Life – Dad.info Digital Editor
Nell, our Dad.info Digital Editor, tells us about her busy day… I’m driving over to Eastbourne today,...
Back to School Nerves
September can only mean one thing: back to school. Except this year, as it was last September, things are a...
PRESS RELEASE Vision to See More Vulnerable Children Flourish Underpins Christian Charity Acquisition
Spurgeons acquires school counselling and parental support charity Fegans Fegans, a school counselling and...
Fegans & Spurgeons FAQs
The need to give the growing number of vulnerable children a home-life that enables them to flourish has...
A Day in the Life – Parent Support Worker
It’s Monday morning. Nicola does her usual jobs around the house before work. There is no daily commute...
PRESS RELEASE Fringe Festival Fundraises for Fegans
More families and children across Tunbridge Wells will be able to access the professional support and...
Practical Support for Anxious Children
A recent Mental Health of Children and Young People (MHCYP) survey provided a rare resource on what the...
The Third Lockdown – What Will You Do Differently? Part 1
Here we are… again. The third, some would say inevitable, lockdown is upon us, and it feels a little bit...
OPINION Lockdown Loneliness
Loneliness among parents of young children has “dramatically increased” during the pandemic,...
The Gift of Listening Part 2
Listening to Children In the last article, we set out the key principles of listening well. These are...
The Gift of Listening Part 1
Listening is one of the most important skills you can have, and one of the greatest gifts you can give to...
How to Help Your Child Transition to Secondary School
The cuddly, cosy atmosphere of primary school is soon to end for Year 6 children across the country. At the...
Peer Pressure and Teenage Friendships
Secondary school can be a jungle. For some it may provide lifelong friendships; for others it can be a...
How to Talk to Children About the Invasion of Ukraine
In the last two years, most of us have had our share of stressful events. We seem to have now jumped...