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Activities, Events and Services for Children in Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire & Devon
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If after consulting our help you are still unsure about how to do something, then contact
us with your question and we will be happy to answer your query directly.
Not only will we be able to help you, but this will help us to improve this help text for everyone. |
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Registering a New Organisation |
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Click on the register option
of the title bar across the top of the page. This will bring
up a new page to register. |
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Enter a username of your choice. This can
be anything that will memorable to you and that has not been
used by someone already registered with us. Many people use
an email address as it is familiar and obviously unique. |
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Enter a password. This must be a minimum of
6 characters. Enter the same password again in the confirm
box to verify it has been typed correctly. |
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Click on the register button. If your username
has already been used or your password is not at least 6 characters
in length or if the two entries of your password are not the
same you will be informed with an error screen. Click on the
link to return to the registration screen to try again. |
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If your username and password is acceptable
you will then see a new page with blank fields. This is for
you to enter your organisation information. The organisation
name is mandatory, otherwise fill in as much detail as you
think is relevant.
Please supply your postcode if applicable as this will be
used to provide a link for a street map and in the future
for searching by location.
Your website address, if available, should be supplied in
standard web format e.g. www.activitykidz.co.uk (you do not
need to include http:// at the start as we do this automatically).
This will then be used to provide a link to your site. |
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When you are happy with all the information
you have entered then click on the add button. You will then
see a page saying you have successfully added your
organisation
details. It will take up to 24 hours from entering your details
to see them on our search pages whilst we read the content
to see if it is suitable for our site. |
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You must now enter at least one activity for
your details to be shown on our search pages. |
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If you would prefer to print out a paper based form to fill in your registration, download
it here.
This requires the adobe acrobat reader. If you do not have this you can
download it here free
of charge.
Alternatively, if these options are unsuitable, request our
pre-printed form by emailing
us, supplying your postal address and we will be happy to send it to you.
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Click on the add a new activity link.
This will bring up a new page with blank fields. |
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The activity description is mandatory, otherwise
fill in as much detail as you think is relevant. |
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Chose the minimum and maximum ages from the lists
if applicable (i.e. if your activity is held weekly, monthly etc)
otherwise leave as all ages. |
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Chose the frequency from the list if applicable
otherwise leave as not applicable. |
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If your activity is only available for a certain
period of time, or is a one-off event, then enter the start and
end dates. This will mean that the activity will not only show
on the search pages, but will also be available on the events list
page which is a list of events by month. |
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Check as many of the boxes that apply to your activity
or service. |
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Use the notes field to describe your activity or
service, if applicable you could include days and times, prices
etc |
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If your activity is based at an address other than
that supplied with your organisation then enter it here. If known
please enter the postcode as this will be used to provide a link
for a street map and in the future for searching by location. |
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When you are happy with all the information you
have entered then click on the insert activity button. You will
then see a page saying you have successfully added your activity.
It will take up to 24 hours from entering your details to see them
on our search pages whilst we read the content to see if it is
suitable for our site. |
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You may repeat these steps to add as many activities
as are necessary for your organisation. |
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Logging
in to your organisation details
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If you have previously registered with
us you can log in to your organisation details to amend or add
any further details. |
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Click on the login option of the title bar across
the top of the page. This will bring up a new page to login. |
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Enter your username and password you supplied when
you registered with us. If either are supplied incorrectly you
see an error page displayed. You can retry which will take you
back to the login page or if you have fogotten your password you
can contact us to be resupplied with a new password, or if you
have not previously registered you can link through to our registration
page. |
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If your login is successful you will be presented
with a new page displaying the organisation details you previously
entered with us. |
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Updating
your organisation & activity details
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You must be logged
in to amend your
organisation details. |
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You may amend any of the organisation details here.
The only mandatory piece of information is the organisation name.
Where
possible please supply your postcode if applicable as this will
be used to provide
a link for a street map and in the future
for searching by location.
Your website address, if available, should be supplied in standard web format
e.g. www.activitykidz.co.uk (you do not need to include http:// at the start
as we do this automatically). This will then be used to provide a link to your
site. |
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If at any point in the future you would like your
organisation and activities to be removed from our lists then you
can change the status on the page to Closed. If you do this you
may still re-activate it at a later point. If you would like you
organisation removed permanently you may contact
us to ask for
the record to be deleted. |
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When you are happy with any changes you have made
to the organisation details click on the update record button.
This will present a success page. From here you can either return to your organisation details,
link to your activities or insert a new activity. |
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If you wish to make a change to any of your activities,
scroll down the list of activities. Chose the activity you wish
to amend by clicking on the link on the activity description. This
will bring up a new page displaying the activity information you
previously entered with us. |
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You may amend any of the activity details here.
The only mandatory piece of information is the activity name. Further
information about the various items of information recorded are
available in inserting a new activity section of the help. |
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When you are happy with any changes you have made
to the activity details click on the update activity button.
This will present a success page. From here you can either return to your organisation details,
link to your activities or insert a new activity. |
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Logging
out of your organisation details
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You may log out from organisation details at any point.
Once you have logged out you will no longer be able to add or amend any organisation or activity details. |
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It is recommended you logout from your details if
you share a computer with anyone. |
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Our browse page is exactly that, for
people that want to just browse through the activities that are
registered with us. |
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It is a complete list which is initially presented
in Organisation name sequence. This can be changed to list in activity
description sequence by clicking on the "click here to list
by activity" link. You can return to the organisation list
by clicking on the "click here to list by organisation name" link. |
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The activities are listed 10 to a page. You are
shown at the top and bottom of each list where you are in the records
being displayed i.e. Displaying Records 11 to 20 of 40. You
can change from one page to the next by clicking on the "Next Page"
and
"Previous Page" links found at the top and bottom of each page.
If there is not a next page or previous page then this link will
not be shown. There are also quick links to "first page" and "last
page" which obviously go to the first or last pages. |
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For each activity, we display in the list their
activity description, organisation name and some notes. Beneath
the activity
description will be a number of icons which help describe the type
of activity. The ones included will vary from activity to activity
as they are specific to each one. To see the type of facility
they depict move your mouse over it and a short description will
appear
for each one. For your convenience there is also an activity key
at the bottom of each page. Beneath the icons is the
age suitability and frequency of the activity
and if it is only being held on a certain date then the event start
and end dates. Beneath the organisation name is a link to show
all activities for this
organisation.
This
will
bring
up a page showing everything this organisation has registered with
us. You can click on any of the activity descriptions in the list
to see that specific activity in detail, alternatively, return
to your original list with the link at the top of the page. |
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If you reach an activity that you think looks interesting
you can click on the link on the
activity description to see further details. You can return from
the details page to continue to browse the list. Click for more
detailed
help on the activity detail page. |
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Searching for an Activity
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To search for an activity you must enter
at least one item of search information. This could be a piece
of text or an age or one of the check boxes. If you don't an error
message will display and you will need to return to the search
page to try again. You can enter as much or as little as you want
in the search fields, bearing in mind the more you enter, the less
activities you will have returned, alternatively the less you enter
the more activities you will have to look through. |
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If you enter any text in the search for box this
will be compared against the organisation names, full address and
postcode and the activity description. This search is not case
sensitive, therefore it will not matter if you include upper or
lower case in the text you enter. You can use this to search for
a name of an activity i.e. gym will list any activities with
gym in the name, or a town or village i.e. poole will list any
activities in the poole area, however, this may also list activities
that have poole in their name ! or you could enter part of a postcode
i.e. DT11 will list any activities in the DT11 postal area. You
may also enter mutliple words here, i.e. gym club however, it will
only list activities that have both of the words in that order. |
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You may search for activities for a specific age.
However it will default to include all ages. We have included an antenatal age for all of those mum's to
be that would like to know about facilities available whilst they are pregnant. |
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The check boxes each represent a different way of describing
the particular activity or service i.e. indoor for activities that
are primarily indoor, music for activities involving music etc. See
our activity key for a full description of all of these check
boxes. You may check as many of these as you want to search for or you feel
will be relevant to the type of activity you are looking for. |
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You can now choose between the search checking to find activities
where any of your criteria is correct or if all of the criteria is
correct. The default is for any of it to be correct. If you choose
for any of it to be correct it will list all activities with any
of the criteria e.g. if you enter gym in the search text box and
then check the indoor box you will get a list of all activities that
either contain gym in the name, address etc or are indoor.
This has the potential to list many activities. If you choose for
all of it
to be correct it will list all activities where all of the criteria
is correct e.g. if you enter gym in the search text box and
then check the indoor box you will get a list of all activities where
gym is contained in the name, address etc and are indoor.
This will potentially list fewer activities. As a guide if you are
not sure of the type of activity you are looking for then we would
recommend leaving it as any of it to be correct, however, if you
have very specific requirements then choose the all of it option. |
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The activities are listed 10 to a page. You are
shown at the top and bottom of each list where you are in the records
being displayed i.e. Displaying Records 11 to 20 of 40. You
can change from one page to the next by clicking on the "Next Page"
and
"Previous Page" links found at the top and bottom of each page.
If there is not a next page or previous page then this link will
not be shown. There are also quick links to "first page" and "last
page" which obviously go to the first or last pages. |
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For each activity, we display in the list their
activity description, organisation name and some notes. Beneath
the activity
description will be a number of icons which help describe the type
of activity. The ones included will vary from activity to activity
as they are specific to each one. To see the type of facility they
depict move your mouse over it and a short description will appear
for each one. For your convenience there is also an activity key
at the bottom of each page. Beneath the icons is the
age suitability and frequency of the activity
and if it is only being held on a certain date then the event start
and end dates. |
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If you reach an activity that you think looks interesting
you can click on the link on the
activity description to see further details. You can return from
the details page to continue to browse the list. Click for more
detailed
help on the activity detail page. Beneath
the organisation name is a link to show all activities for this
organisation. This will bring
up a page showing everything this organisation has registered with
us. You can click on any of the activity descriptions in the list
to see that specific activity in detail, alternatively, return
to your original list with the link at the top of the page. |
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If you don't find the activity you are looking for
or your search does not list any activities you can return to
enter a new search using the links at the top
and bottom of the page. |
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For your information we are hoping to extend the search page to include a search for a specific area using postcodes. Watch this space! |
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The events diary is a list of all activities
that are being held on a specific day or over a certain period.
This may apply to a single day event e.g. a fete or an activity
which is being held for a specific duration e.g. the school holidays. |
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It will default to the current month as you enter
the page. To see a list for a different month click on the required
date. You have the choice to go up to 12 months in the future.
You will be informed if there are no activities currently listed
for the month of your choice. All of the activities listed here
are also available via the browse and search pages, but are listed
here for your convenience if you are after an activity for a specific
day. |
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The activities are listed 10 to a page. You are
shown at the top and bottom of each list where you are in the records
being displayed i.e. Displaying Records 11 to 20 of 40. You can
change from one page to the next by clicking on the "Next
Page" and "Previous Page" links found at the top
and bottom of each page. If there is not a next page or previous
page then this link will not be shown. There are also quick links
to "first page" and "last page" which obviously
go to the first or last pages. |
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For each activity, we display in the list their
activity description, organisation name and some notes. Beneath
the activity description will be a number of icons which help describe
the type of activity. The ones included will vary from activity
to activity as they are specific to each one. To see the type of
facility they depict move your mouse over it and a short description
will appear for each one. For your convenience there is also an
activity key at the bottom of each page. Beneath the icons is
the age suitability of the activity. Beneath the organisation
name is a link to show all activities for this organisation. This
will bring
up a page showing everything this organisation has registered with
us. You can click on any of the activity descriptions in the list
to see that specific activity in detail, alternatively, return
to your original list with the link at the top of the page. |
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If you reach an activity that you think looks interesting
you can click on the link on the activity description to see further
details. You can return from the details page to continue to browse
the list. Click for more detailed help on the activity
detail page. |
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The days out page is a list of
all activities that are specified with a frequency of 'Days
Out' by the organisation. |
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The activities are listed 10 to a page. You are
shown at the top and bottom of each list where you are in the records
being displayed i.e. Displaying Records 11 to 20 of 40. You can
change from one page to the next by clicking on the "Next
Page" and "Previous Page" links found at the top
and bottom of each page. If there is not a next page or previous
page then this link will not be shown. There are also quick links
to "first page" and "last page" which obviously
go to the first or last pages. |
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For each activity, we display in the list their
activity description, organisation name and some notes. Beneath
the activity description will be a number of icons which help describe
the type of activity. The ones included will vary from activity
to activity as they are specific to each one. To see the type of
facility they depict move your mouse over it and a short description
will appear for each one. For your convenience there is also an
activity key at the bottom of each page. Beneath the icons is
the age suitability of the activity. Beneath the organisation
name is a link to show all activities for this organisation. This
will bring
up a page showing everything this organisation has registered with
us. You can click on any of the activity descriptions in the list
to see that specific activity in detail, alternatively, return
to your original list with the link at the top of the page. |
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If you reach an activity that you think looks interesting
you can click on the link on the activity description to see further
details. You can return from the details page to continue to browse
the list. Click for more detailed help on the activity
detail page. |
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The regular activities page is a list of all activities
that have a frequency that is regular ie weekly, monthly etc. This can be a range of activities from parent and toddler groups to swimming lessons at a local sports centre. |
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The page will default to Weekly as you enter. To see a list for a different frequency click on the required
one from the choice at the top. You will be informed if there are no activities currently listed
for the frequency of your choice. All of the activities listed here
are also available via the browse and search pages, but are listed
here for your convenience if you are looking for a regularly held activity. |
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The activities are listed 10 to a page. You are
shown at the top and bottom of each list where you are in the records
being displayed i.e. Displaying Records 11 to 20 of 40. You can
change from one page to the next by clicking on the "Next
Page" and "Previous Page" links found at the top
and bottom of each page. If there is not a next page or previous
page then this link will not be shown. There are also quick links
to "first page" and "last page" which obviously
go to the first or last pages. |
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For each activity, we display in the list their
activity description, organisation name and some notes. Beneath
the activity description will be a number of icons which help describe
the type of activity. The ones included will vary from activity
to activity as they are specific to each one. To see the type of
facility they depict move your mouse over it and a short description
will appear for each one. For your convenience there is also an
activity key at the bottom of each page. Beneath the icons is the
age suitability of the activity. Beneath the organisation name
is a link to show all activities for this
organisation.
This
will bring
up a page showing everything this organisation has registered with
us. You can click on any of the activity descriptions in the list
to see that specific activity in detail, alternatively, return
to your original list with the link at the top of the page. |
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If you reach an activity that you think looks interesting
you can click on the link on the activity description to see further
details. You can return from the details page to continue to browse
the list. Click for more detailed help on the activity
detail page. |
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This is for parents who wish
to keep a reminder about one-off events or specific organisations.
Parents can create a login using their email address. Once
this has been created you will have the ability to add one-off
events to your personal diary at the click of the button.
You may also add any organisations to your favourites list,
this will give you a way to see a summary of that organisation
and a list of all their activities with one click. When
you first login you will be taken to your diary and favourites
page. This will list anything you have already added. You
can then navigate the site as normal using the appropriate
links. |
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You can add to your diary
and favourites from almost anywhere in ActivityKidz, but
you must be logged in to do it. Once you have logged in
you can add to your diary and favourites by clicking on
the appropriate links (add to Personal Diary or add to
Favourites). Once you have added an event to your diary
or an organisation to your favourites it will appear with
a page diary or a heart symbol alongside the activity
description or organisation name. You can also click on
these symbols as a quick link to your diary and favourites
page. You can only add activities that have specified
dates to your diary (i.e. one-off events) as your diary
will only hold specific dates. If you wish for a less
specific reminder you can add an organisation to your
favourites. This will then give you a link to all the
activities of that organisation without searching.
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If you nolonger wish for an event
or organisation to appear in your diary and favourites you
may remove it by going to your diary and favourites page
and clicking on the appropriate delete button on the right
handside of the page. If you remove one by mistake you cannot
undo the delete, however, you are more than welcome to re-add
it from any of the normal pages. |
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Activity details list all the detail
we hold for the specific organisation and activity that you chose
from the list. |
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The name and address of the organisation is listed,
however, if this specific activity is held at a location different
from the main organisation then this will be shown. |
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If a location postcode has been entered you will
be given the option to click for a map. This will display a new
page with a map drawn by streetmap.co.uk. You can zoom in and out
of this map at the bottom, and print if required. |
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If the organisation has their own map site you will
also be given the option to link to their site via a link on their
web address. |
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If the activity is registered under any of the activity
descriptors there will be a blue tick visible alongside the option.
See our activity
key for
a full description of all of these. |
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You may return to your original list at any point by clicking on the link at the top of the page. |
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Community Questions & Answers
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Anyone can add a new question to our
Community Questions & Answers page. Click on the Add a New
Question link at the top and bottom of the Community page. |
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A new page will be displayed to enter the
details of your question. Please supply your email address, this
will enable all responses to your questions to be sent on to your
directly. Your email address will NOT be visible to anyone viewing
the questions. We will not use this email address for any other
purpose - please see our privacy policy. |
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Once you have added the details of the question,
click on Save question. Before the question is displayed on our
site
it will need to be read and
verified by ActivityKidz
to
ensure appropriate content. Once
the content has been verified the question will then appear on
our Community Questions & Answers page, plus
the most recently added questions will appear on our front page. |
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If you wish to provide an answer to a posted question,
then click on the link alongside the appropriate question. |
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Enter the details of your answer - you will not
be able to change the original question details. Click on the
Save Answer button to save the response you have entered. Before
the answer is displayed on our site it will need to be read and
verified by ActivityKidz
to
ensure appropriate content. Once
the content has been verified the answer will then appear on
our Community Questions & Answers page, plus the most recently
added questions, with their answers will appear on our front page. |
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All questions & answers will appear in the order
in which they have been added, with the most recent first. |
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Providing information about Children's
regular Activities, one-off Events and Services within Dorset, Hampshire,
Somerset,Wiltshire & Devon.
Everything from a day out for the whole family with the kids, to planning
a child's birthday party.
Our regular activities include toddler groups, music, drama & gym classes for your babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers.
Days out and one-off events include theatre, school holiday activities, animal farms, theme parks and castles to name but a few.
Party planning includes face painting, bouncy castle hire and party planning services.
With activities and events for the whole year, make ActivityKidz your first stop for all children's activities on the South coast of England.
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