Finding good quality educational resources, online tutors, sustainable food, healthy and ecological products in the UK can be tricky. These recommendations are ones that I use all the time: tried and tested tutors; home education resources; sustainable, eco-friendly cleaning products; regenerative, viable meat and dairy produce.
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Food
Well Easy
WellEasy is a one-stop shop for all things health related – food, skincare, toiletries, household cleaning, pet care. I have written about it in depth here.
Piper’s Farm
Piper’s Farm work with a number of family farms to provide sustainable, slow reared meat, dairy products, fish and pantry staples. The farms are regenerative and provide the best living environment with grass fed pasture and freedom to roam.
Gazegill Organics
Gazegill Farm provide raw milk and high quality meat and dairy products. All their products are organic. The farm has been in the same family for 500 years, they focus on sustainable, low impact farming.
Lifestyle
Naked Sprout
Naked Sprout are a small British company who offer affordable, eco-friendly alternatives to everyday products. Their range includes bamboo toilet paper, tissues and kitchen roll. I’ve written about them in depth here.
Bide
Featured on BBC Dragon’s Den, Bide offer plastic free cleaning products for the bathroom, kitchen and laundry. All the products are made in the UK and they are all 100% vegan and plastic free. They don’t contain any toxic chemicals and use essential oils to add scent.
Home Education
Conquest Books
Conquest Books specialise in importing American resources that are costly and hard to purchase in the UK. They offer a huge range of home education resources ranging from pre-school to university age. They carry the full range of Math U See, Life of Fred, RightStart Maths and All About Spelling and Reading packages as well as an extensive number of other curricula.
Myriad Toys
My go-to one stop shop for natural, imaginative and ecological toys and celebratory things. Myriad sell beautiful things for everyone. There hasn’t been one birthday or Christmas where I haven’t purchased something. From Sarah’s Playsilks to beeswax candle making kits, Grimm’s birthday rings to parenting books, Myriad toys has it all.
Tutors
LearnTec Computer Science
LearnTec offer computer science courses from KS3 to A Level. The classes are delivered online either live or pre-recorded. Julia teaches Scratch and Python in an easy to understand and fun way. My son has taken her classes and absolutely loves them.
Humanatees Home Tutor
Jake is the tutor that everyone wants. He is funny and engaging with every student. Jake offers a range of KS2, KS3, GCSE and A Level humanities classes online either live or pre-recorded. He has excellent rapport with his students. My daughter has done GCSE classes with Jake and now is taking an A Level class with him.
Penny Chivers Math
Penny teaches KS3 and GCSE maths in small groups online. She also offers one to one tuition. Penny is very patient and kind – absolutely vital for a student who is nervous about numbers. Penny provides detailed notes, homework and revision throughout the year and is constantly on hand to explain and offer support.