SUPPORTING KIDS: National Childminding Week is taking place from this Saturday until June 21. This year it will focus on the role childminders and nannies play in supporting children's language, literacy and creativity. The theme ties in with the National Year of Reading.

FREE FESTIVAL: The Greenwich and Docklands International Festival will be held in locations across Greenwich and the Docklands area from June 19 to June 22. All events will be free. Visit festival.org or call 020 8305 1818.

BOOKS FOR SALE: Human rights charity Amnesty International is holding a book sale on June 21 at the Church of the Ascension, Dartmouth Row, Lewisham. It will run from 9am to 5pm.

CLARIFICATION: Following our May 7 article A Hostel Reception, News Shopper would like to clarify Harbajan Singh is a member of the Greenwich Pensioners' Forum, not a Lewisham Pensioners' Forum representative, as our article stated.