Links
- BBC Blast Writing BBC site for young writers, with exercises, articles and advice
- BBC History for Kids Useful information for articles, historical stories and homework. Find out about the history of your area.
- Blue Peter site There are plenty of ideas and activities on this site
- CBBC SMart Ideas and activities for young arty types. Create some artwork and you could even send it in to be considered for Young Writer!
- Centrepoint Soho One of the charities particularly supported by Princess Diana, Centrepoint works with young people who are homeless and socially excluded.
- Great Ormond Street Hospital One of the charities particularly supported by Princess Diana, the Great Ormond Street Hospital is the leading hospital for sick children. This is also the hospital helped by ‘Peter Pan’ (and now by ‘Peter Pan in Scarlet’!)
- Grief Encounter If you have lost someone you loved this site is for you
- Kid Zone Finland ‘Find out about Finland (and a writing competition if you are aged 8-11!)
- Kidstamps Postal stamp club for young philatelists everywhere
- Myth Stories A web museum of myths and stories
- National Aids Trust One of the charities particularly supported by Princess Diana, who personally helped to break the taboo surrounding this terrible disease.
- Newsround News from the UK and overseas, videos, and entertaining titbits
- Paddington Bear The famous bear from Darkest Peru, created by Michael Bond.
- Red Cross One of the charities particularly supported by Princess Diana, the Red Cross, in association with the Red Sickle, meets need all over the world, whether it is caused by natural disasters or by war or disease.
- The English National Ballet Princess Diana loved ballet and supported this superb English ballet company.
- The Leprosy Mission One of the charities particularly supportd by Princess Diana, who showed that lepers should not be feared or excluded; they should be touched and given healing help.
- The Royal Marsden Hospital One of the charities particularly supported by Princess Diana, the Royal Marsden Hospital is at the forefront of work with and for people who suffer from cancer.
- Toowrite A web-based competition for young writers aged 16 and under. It’s free to enter, all stories are published and the prizes are great.