​Collaborative Post | birthdays are a milestone that’s well worth celebrating, and after a few difficult years with many of us stuck indoors and unable to celebrate how we’d like, you could use this opportunity to spend some much-needed quality time with friends and loved ones. Here are some ideas for a 60th birthday celebration to remember.

Surprise parties are a great way to show someone how much you care about their birthday and that you want to make it special for them, but make sure they’re the kind of person who will appreciate it as not everyone likes to be surprised! Speak to other people who know them well so you can put together the plans in secret and be sure to invite all of your loved one’s friends and family.
 
You could host a surprise party at their home but this will require some careful planning as they’ll need to be safely out of the way for the preparations and arrival of the guests. Designate a friend or family member to take them out somewhere as a ruse, giving you time to pop up the decorations and get everyone safely stashed away inside ready for their arrival. Alternatively, book a table or room at a restaurant, for example a Mediterranean restaurant Knightsbridge or another events venue, like a hotel or function room. Decorate the party space with banners and balloons. You could even do a photo wall, displaying all those special snaps of the birthday boy or girl throughout the years.

Collaborative Post | The UK has always had a do-it-yourself streak, but in recent years DIY activities appear to have boomed significantly. Between younger generations discovering new hobbies, older millennials finding their way onto the property ladder at long last, and the coronavirus pandemic causing more people to fight boredom at home, DIY has become a hugely popular activity once again.

But with the increase in DIY activity, so too have DIY-related accidents and injuries increased. According to recent NHS statistics, there were more than 8,000 DIY-related hospital visits in 2020-21, a marked increase from previous years. If you’re fancying yourself as a bit of a home handyman and looking forward to picking up tools for the first time – whether to repair your home or prepare it for sale – what should you be doing to keep yourself safe

With the knowledge that accidents can happen, and that some DIY risks are difficult to mitigate, you should make sure you have the right equipment for handling minor injuries close at hand. Building a small first aid kit is a simple and easy task; include bandages, plasters, antiseptic cream for small wounds and saline eye wash in the event of irritants entering your eye. In many cases, these can help prevent a small injury resulting in a hospital visit!


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