JASMINE HARMAN HUSKY TREK FOR DOG'S TRUST
Jasmine presents A Place In The Sun – Home or Away with Jonnie Irwin and series five has just started on Channel 4.

From 12 – 18 March, Jasmine is taking part in an Arctic Dog Sledding Challenge to raise money for the Dog’s Trust.

She will be surrounded by a frozen landscape, 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle at temperatures of -28C! With a team of Alaskan Huskies she will travel 180km in just five days. It will be a huge challenge, both physically and mentally but Jasmine is passionate about the cause and hopes to raise over £2,500 for the Dog’s Trust. She is a huge dog lover and Shadow, the 8 month old Bernese Mountain dog is the love of her life.

She is almost half way there with donations going to http://www.justgiving.com/jasmineharman. This will help to rescue and re-home unwanted, abandoned and stray dogs.

(Jasmine’s photograph by Dave Poole)

MOYET AND NOISETTES TEAM UP FOR ROYAL CAUSE
Pop legend Alison Moyet and Noisettes will next month come together with A-listers from fashion, film and TV to play The Prince’s Trust Spring Ball.

The Spring Ball supported by St Tropez – the UK’s leading tanning and skin perfecting brand – will raise thousands in aid of The Prince’s Trust to help young people find jobs. The event will take place at The Hurlingham Club on 18th March 2010.

Britain’s glitterati will come together to enjoy live sets from Alison and Noisettes, as well as a performance by Flawless, stars of Britain’s Got Talent. They will then be treated to an exclusive set from BBC Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills.

Alison said: “I’m thrilled to be performing at The Prince’s Trust Spring Ball. It should be a great night, hopefully raising lots of cash to help disadvantaged young people in the process.”

Martina Milburn, chief executive of The Prince’s Trust, said: “The Spring Ball is set to be our most glamorous event yet. With St. Tropez’s kind support we will be able to give hundreds of young people the skills and confidence to find jobs.”

Michelle Feeney, CEO of St. Tropez the title sponsor of the 2010 Spring Ball adds: "The work that The Trust does at a grass root level in helping young people to boost their self-confidence is something we place huge importance in.

“At a time when youth unemployment is high; the activity that The Prince’s Trust undertakes is invaluable. Fashion and beauty may seem frivolous on the surface; however we as a brand are working hard to provide funds via this event and wider career openings with our beauty leadership programme."

Tickets are available by calling The Prince’s Trust events team on 020 7543 1389.

Youth charity, The Prince’s Trust has helped more than 600,000 young people since 1976 and supports 100 more each working day. More than three in four young people on Prince’s Trust programmes go on to work, education or training.

‘SCENT’ TO BED!
Celebrate World Book Day with this innovative new book company
An innovative book company is invigorating children’s bedtime reading in every sense – especially our most under-utilised sense - smell!

Finding success where others have failed, the Smelly Book Company has come up with not only the clever story lines to amuse, educate and entertain children, but it has managed to incorporate authentic and long-lasting smells into its books to give them an extra-special wow factor that kids love!

Using a patented system of ‘microencapsulation’, kids are invited to ‘smell and tell’ their way through the books, with the realistic smells on the pages lasting for as long as the books! They are of course fully tested and completely safe and non-toxic, with some smelling lovely and others definitely not so pleasant! For children of course, the stinkier the smell, the better the fun!

Scratch, Sniff and Mr Smith are characters that have been developed for the books by author Shibani Mohindra, and illustrated by Sue Sansom. Scratch the cat is not only lavender in colour, he smells of lavender too! He joins Sniff, the robot and Mr Smith of the loud-looking, tropical-smelling shirts and together they explore lots of adventures and smells along the way, with the ‘Smell and Tell’ feature keeping the excitement going right to the story’s end!

What’s more, each book comes complete with a set of 16 ‘smell and tell’ stickers that children can enjoy and share with their friends. A delightful and different approach, The Adventures of Scratch, Sniff and Mr Smith bring a whole new dimension to the reading experience by utilising a largely neglected sense and creating excitement around the activity of reading. The books will keep even the most reluctant readers engaged but also waiting impatiently for the next titles to appear. They are becoming firm favourites at ‘Show and Tell’ time at school, and have even been selected to appear on CBeebies Story Time!

There are currently three Scratch, Sniff and Mr Smith books available, with the fourth coming out in late spring 2010. Shibani is now working on a new series of travel adventures for Mr Smith and his friends for launch later this year, plus children can go online and join The Smelly Book Club for lots of extra fun and games, all centred around smells! Visit http://www.thesmellybookcompany.com for more information.
The books, which make perfect gifts for children aged 3-6 are available to buy at just £5.99 from all good children’s book sellers including ELC, TRU and Waterstones.
The current Scratch, Sniff and Mr Smith titles are:
Mr Smith Builds A Robot £5.99 Available NOW
The Case of the Missing Garlic £5.99 Available NOW
The Search for Stinky Pond £5.99 Available NOW
The Superwitch Contest £5.99 Available MAY 2010

All of The Smelly Books are designed, printed and published in the UK and the company donates a percentage of its profits to charity – details of which can be found on http://www.thesmellybookcompany.com

HOT BRANDS VERDICT
Our junior reviewers reviewed Mr Smith Builds a Robot and absolutely loved it, especially Scratch the Cat who really does smell of Lavender ! Great fun, very innovative, a delightful book. Highly Recommended!

http://www.worldbookday.com/

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS PROVIDE A TICKET TO FAME AND FORTUNE!
11:30am, Saturday 10th April 2010
Jubilee Gardens (by the London Eye), South Bank, London, SE1
Are you the next JLS or Diversity? Join forces with Alvin and the Chipmunks for your chance to star in an Alvin and the Chipmunks advertisment this April!

Budding performers, young and old, can enter by visiting http://www.youtube.com/user/squeakoff to watch a dance tutorial presented by Alvin and the Chipmunks choreographer Rosero McCoy and learn to dance along to Shake Your Groove Thing, Chipmunk style! Once you and your friends have perfected the routine, upload a video of yourselves to the site by 24th March* for your chance to feature in the advertisement for Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel on DVD and Blu-ray.

Runners up will win a trip down to London to be part of the world’s first ‘Squeakoff, a rodent vs human dance-off on the South Bank in London, featuring the Chipmunks themselves and a special celebrity guest star! Anyone can join in the fun on the day, just visit http://www.youtube.com/user/Squeakoff to watch the dance tutorial so that you too can shake your groove thing, Chipmunk style!

Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel will be available on Blu-ray and DVD from 12th April 2010. For more information on how to get involved and the Alvin and the Chipmunks dance-off, visit http://www.youtube.com/user/Squeakoff

*Dancers must be available for filming on 29th March 2010

Film Synopsis

There’s plenty to sing about in Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel. Packed with more music, more mayhem, and all-new sing-along videos with on-screen lyrics, its hours of nutty fun for everyone! Chipmunk singing sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore are back for an encore in this hilarious comedy sequel the whole family will love. When a concert mishap lands Dave (Jason Lee) in the hospital, the Chipmunks take a break from superstardom to enroll in school, but they soon meet their musical match when they’re upstaged by the beautiful and talented Chipettes!

FANTASTIC FAMILY FUN - EXPERIENCE YOUR OWN NIGHT OF THE MUSEUM

Museums at Night is back. This nationwide celebration will take place over the weekend of 14-16th May 2010 and already there’s a fantastic line up of events for the whole family. Who needs animatronic dinosaurs or rampaging museum miniatures when you can experience the thrill of being inside places whose very walls and collections contain the real stories of dramatic events?
With hands on activities, stargazing, ghost stories, raw fire power and dressing up the hardest decision might be where to go. Full listings and all event details will be on http://www.culture24/museumsatnight - with more events being added daily.

Where will you go?
Highlights for 2010 – Family/Children Events:
· Royal Observatory - space-themed family fun in Greenwich, London. Open until 20.00, offering exclusive late access to the interactive Time and Astronomy Galleries. Providing a magnificent introduction to the mysteries and wonders of the Universe, the cosmic programme includes free workshops, 'ask an astronomer' sessions and a visually-captivating show at London's only planetarium. ‘Meet the Neighbours’, is an interactive planetarium show where the audience can decide which planets to visit and also explore asteroid belts, dwarf planets and stars.

A fun, interactive performance at Nottingham’s Galleries of Justice. Meet the Villainous Sheriff of Nottingham while he takes you on a guided tour of the old county gaol. With a gruesome emphasis on his attendance at executions. You may even see him be put on trial! The tour ends with an object handling session with crime and punishment objects never seen by the general public.

Spend an evening in the Terrible Trenches exhibition at the Imperial War Museum London and learn to draw the Horrible way with Martin Brown, illustrator of the Horrible Histories™ series written by Terry Deary. Brush up on your art skills and meet characters from the First World War, examine some of the myths and reality of life in the Trenches by taking part in the Mud, Blood and Poppycock family activity or take a trip to the front line yourself and venture into the Trench Experience.

Night Flights at the Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare – action packed weekend for the whole family. 50 flight simulators will be demonstrating the controls and manoeuvrability of a myriad aircraft including helicopters, fighter jets and passenger airliners. The main attraction will be the incredible head to head ‘Spitfire vs Messershmidt’ dogfight simulator. Climb into a reconstructed cockpit of the two aircraft and engage in a simulated dogfight over a London skyline using the very latest in flight sim technology. All switched over to night flights on Sat eve. Also there will be real helicopters landing and taking off from the museums helipad , flights around the Weston Coastline and nonstop big screen action courtesy of The Virtual RAF Battle of Britain Flypasts.

Sleepover at National Media Museum, Bradford. Explore the Museum galleries after closing time. Come face to face with a Dalek; watch an amazing Imax film; get close up Wallace and Gromit; swim with sharks and join in lots more fun activities. You won't be counting sheep!

Surgery by Gaslight at Old Operating Theatre in London - Experience the fear and the emotion of a patient in the 19th century- come and have your leg amputated in the oldest surviving operating theatre of England.

Under Cover of Darkness, Royal Marines Museum Hampshire - We’ll plunge the museum into darkness and transform it into a night operation training area. This is your chance to experience the thrill and tension of working in the dark. Don’t worry: our trained mentors will be on hand to guide you as we take you through missions based on actual Royal Marines training exercises.

Bath – A host of hands on activities. Explore the Roman Baths at night and find out about Roman crafts and skills, including demonstrations by a stonemason, potter and others.

Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson - An action-packed evening of after-dark activities. From torchlight tours of the tunnels & ramparts to live lantern-lit perfomances by actors, plus a unique chance to see the Fort aflame as the flash and roar of massed historic guns, cannon and mortars sears into the night!

PORTSMOUTH HISTORIC DOCKYARD Mary Rose Museum Torchlight Trail - What happens in the museum once the lights go out? Introduction to the Mary Rose, a torchlight tour around the museum meeting numerous characters on the way and a Treasure hunt!

Dorchester will be opening all of their fantastic family museums - Dorset County Museum, The Keep Military Museum, Tutankhamum Exhibition, Dinosaur Museum, Dorset Teddy Bear Museum and Terracotta Warriors.

RNLI Henry Blogg Museum, Cromer A light in the night can be the most welcome sight to those in trouble at sea. Come and discover an incredible history of lifesaving rescues at the museum and make a lantern to light your way home.

Sleepover at Norwich's medieval Guildhall Children aged 7-14 will be able to explore the building after dark, witness a mock trial in the old court room, listen to a spooky story and indulge in a midnight feast before spending the night in the Sword Room or Council Chamber.

A Night with the Victorians at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Ironbridge: Come dressed in your finest Victorian finery this Victorian town. The fantastic exhibits located in the upper part of the town will open especially during the evening with many additional side stalls and traditional games adding to the Victorian atmosphere.

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