Trampoline accidents are increasing and parents are ignoring safety advice, according to doctors.

Doctors at Kingston Hospital in Surrey say they have seen a surge in the number of children they treat for accidents on a trampoline. Between May and September of last year they treated more than 130 children for fractures and cuts. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accident (ROSPA) says parents must follow the manufacturer’s advice.

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I was sat at my PC yesterday thinking about how modern life has changed from when I was a kid, the best we could hope for in terms of computing was a little black box which played tennis with pretty crude graphics. The world has completely changed with the onset of technology, technology I could have only dreamed about when I was a kid and I am only in my thirties now! So then I thought what did I do when I was young for fun? Well I used to love climbing trees; whenever I saw a tree I was up it like the proverbial ‘rat up a drainpipe’. We used to be out and about quite a lot, my little ‘gang’ or with my parents, but the pace of life back then was much different to the pressures of modern living.

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Yes that’s right you heard correctly. Rainbow Play Systems have only got 15 weeks of installation schedule left till Christmas and believe it or not we have already started taking orders for the festive period!! So don’t miss out on what could be your child’s best Christmas present EVER!!! Imagine the face of your little one when they pull back the curtains on Christmas day to reveal a brand new climbing frame in their garden.

Almost three quarters (72 per cent) of children included in latest research of Change4Life families are not getting 60 minutes of daily activity outside of school.  The ‘How Are The Kids Survey’ – the biggest national survey of children’s diet and activity levels ever carried out – received more than 260000 responses from families across England, and also found that 45 per cent of the kids watched TV or played non-active video games before school, and only 22 per cent did something active after their evening meal.  Families have been sent tailor-made support packs to help them make small but important changes to their daily routines.  A new Change4Life TV advert focusing on getting families more active was also launched to provide support.  In the ad, the Change4Life family found lots of fun ways to get their kids 60 active minutes, such as playing in the park, walking to school and playing with active computer games where kids need to jump and dance around.  In additon to those activites having access to a climbing frame or trampoline would also boost the kids actie minutes!!