With the long school holidays upon us, I know, as a parent, how daunting it can be to look at all those summer days on the calendar and wonder how we are going to keep our children entertained. It can be tricky to come up with activities that children will find fun and keep them busy, but that are also easy to arrange and affordable. Our charity, Family Action has been supporting families for 150 years and as part of our Family Monsters campaign, we have come up with a raft of ideas and information to help parents keep their children from getting bored this summer.

From building dens to scavenger hunts, all our suggestions are easy to arrange and don’t cost much or are free. Our first five ideas can be found on our Family Monsters website at www.family-action.org.uk/family-monsters/summer

We hope our ideas will give families some extra inspiration this summer and that they will lead to some fun-filled days and special memories to treasure.

David Holmes CBE (Chief Executive, Family Action)