Whilst the UK is in 'lockdown' and schools closed for the majority of students, along with other members of the population practising social distancing, we have been promoting a number of different ways to help pass the time and also help with homeschooling: 

• Everyday from 9:30am Steve Backshall will be holding a Q+A to learn about wildlife, you can find this via his Twitter. 
• Everyday at 11am David Walliams will release a free Children's audiobook which you can listen to here. 
• Chester Zoo held a virtual 'day out' taking us around their animals, to learn about them and how they are looked after. You can catch up on their Facebook page. 
• West Lodge Farm Park has uploaded lots of videos about looking after farm animals, even throughout this unprecedented time the farm has to continue as normal, you can watch the videos on their YouTube channel. 
• There are lots of different physical activity options being shown online throughout this time, Paralympic and Olympic champions Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Dame Kelly Holmes held an accessible workout session on Twitter and Instagram.
• TV Mathematician Carol Vorderman has released her online maths tutoring website free for the school closure period, visit her website to check this out. 
• The National Theatre are releasing a recording of a production each Thursday night at 7pm, to watch online. Along with Andrew Lloyd-Webber, who is streaming one play everyday Friday on YouTube at 7pm for 48 hours.

We will continue to post different lockdown activities, throughout this period, to keep up to date with them, visit our website, where they will be posted on a regular basis. 

If at any point during this time you need to seek guidance regarding your mental health, please don't hesitate to contact Mind, the UK charity which supports all mental health needs. 

If you have any ideas for lockdown activities that you would like to share, please get in touch via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Following the current rise of COVID-19 cases, the Little People UK (LPUK) Committee have released the following statement regarding our activities in the coming months: 

In light of recent Government and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, Little People UK committee, staff and volunteers will not be attending any external events for the remainder of March and the whole of April, at least. This includes fundraising events, awareness events, school visits, community meetings and all other planned activities. 

The LPUK Committee will reassess the situation in the coming months and will likely extended this further until June.

This decision has not been taken lightly and we are sorry to disappoint anyone who was expecting our attendance, however we feel it is important to follow the guidelines set out to us, to ensure we protect everyone within the community. 

We thank you for your kind support and we will continue to attend events once recommended to do so. All information of rescheduled and future events will be available on our website. 

All the best, 

LPUK Committee.

My Daughter is currently in her final year at Demontford University in Leicester studying Fashion design.

She is restricted in growth and is creating a brand and clothing line for people with restricted growth as she knows the challenges they face.

For her final Year 3 project she will require models to show the line first in Leicester then in London for London Fashion week.

Dates models required

• 17th March (1model)
• 20th March (the same one plus one more = 2 models)
• 27th March (the same ones plus one more = 3 models)
• 2nd/3rd April availability but not sure how many will be needed
• 17th April (same 3 models)
• 28th April (IMPORTANT RUNWAY DAY NON NEGOTIABLE 3 MODELS)
• IMPORTANT DATE GRADUATE FASHION WEEK IS TUESDAY 4TH JUNE, LONDON

Can you help? Please get in touch if you can.

We know many of you were planning on visiting Naidex next week, so we wanted to let you know that the event has been postponed - please see statement below.

Naidex 2020 and All Co-Located Events Rescheduling Due to Coronavirus

The organiser of leading independent living show Naidex (17th-18th March 2020, NEC Birmingham), has been closely monitoring updates on the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus.Like many large event organisers, the health and safety of our visitors, exhibitors and staff is always our number one priority. This is particularly pertinent in the care and health sector communities that Naidex brings together.Many of our visitors are, or are on the frontline of supporting, the most vulnerable in society. This combined with the fact that health and social care workers will be critical to ongoing containment and management strategies, means that we have taken the decision to reschedule Naidex to later in the year and will confirm this date by Monday 16th March 2020. This will include all events co-located with Naidex including Smart Home for Assisted Living, Dementia, Care & Nursing Home Expo, Home Care Expo, Care Tech Live, European Neuro Convention, Medical Imaging Convention, European Oncology Convention and AI&ML Convention.While this is not a decision that has been taken lightly, we feel that it is the right one - not just for the care and health sector but for the wider community as a whole. We are of course, in ongoing communication with our exhibitors, speakers, partners and suppliers. Those we have managed to speak to thus far have been exceptionally understanding. If you are affected and the team hasn’t managed to reach you yet, please know that we will be in touch very shortly. Alternatively, please contact the event team directly at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or +44 (0) 117 990 2107.Thank you for your understanding and support and we look forward to welcoming you later in the year.

Please click here to be taken to the Expo website for future updates on when the show will be held.