when young children are off for half term...

liney

That is entirely down to the kind of job you do; it is not possible for everyone.

black-saturn

liney wrote: »

That is entirely down to the kind of job you do; it is not possible for everyone.

Employers shouldnt expect people with children to work during the school holidays anyway. But I agree it's not possible for everyone. I've been doing loads before they get up in the morning and then loads more after they've gone to bed till late. Then I have all day free to take them out.

liney

Employers shouldnt expect people with children to work during the school holidays anyway

That would be blatent discrimination!

Katgoddess

Call your local Children's Information Service. They will know about all the childcare in your area.

cannyscot_2

I am self employed and holidqys ca be the wors and the best As BS says I us every trick in the book- working in the night;early orn etc but self employed people qre less secre so you end still having to do some stuff and sometmes at shrt notice.

My list of options are- not in any order I se them all


1.Local girl to take them on an outing I arrange sometimes drive them to & pick up
2; Childminder
3; local holiday clubs- church ones-usually for a week and short hours; council ones in our town in the leisure centre ; school ones- if they have after scool or use anoher schools. or sometmes a cobble tennis in the mornng collect them and tag on a local girl or swap etc
4; take them with me
5. swap with another mum

I think up every option just in case.

Rachie_B

pipkin71 wrote: »

Would you have a local church that runs How old are the children. Are there any stay at home mums with children the same age who would be willing to look after them for a few pounds. Mothers on benefits are allowed to earn £23 a week without it affecting their benefits, as long as they declare it.

to look after children in their own home for more than 2 hours per day you need to be a registered childminderI am quite lucky in the fact that my job ( nanny) enables me to take my youngest son with me if need be ,my families are lovely and allow this but not all do.i would use the local playscheme otherwise ,£20 per day during school holidays.I use the after school club 3.30 - 5.30pm for £6 2 or 3 times a week.and have sometimes used a childminder in the mornings @ £3 per hour when i need to be @ work before 9am.we live 2 hrs away from most of our family,though my sister ,7 miles away,and I do look after each others children when we can.

Spendless

The last private nursery I used offered places in the school hols if needed once the child went to f-time school. Initially this was till they were 6 but last year it became it was started to pick ups/drop offs at local schools and running a holiday playscheme in the hols.

My kids school also offers wrap round care and in the hols it is open if they have places to kids at any school. My nearest leisure centre also offers this facility.

Carmina_Piranha_3

there's a leisure centre nearby which takes kids 8+ for the whole day, they bring a packed lunch then do lots of sports etc. they used to do it at my local but they stopped just as my child reached age 8 :rolleyes: it's a council run leisure centre so perhaps yours does a similar thing? ours produces a booklet listing all the council stuff going on in the holidays, the swimming pool times, the festivals, concerts etc. you might find one if you visit your local swimming pool perhaps? or call the council or maybe surestart.

we also have a playscheme held in various school halls, run by the council. there's a suggested donation of £2 if you can manage it but there's no pressure. they take the 8-12's for 3 hours every morning, it's fab! the younger kids only get 2 hours but i suppose they are harder work :rotfl:

if you need to work full time or could do one or more full days a week it might be worth looking into holiday clubs at the daycare facilities. the one near our school which has a breakfast and an after school club also runs during the holidays and you don't have to be using it during term time to be able to take a space during the holidays, although i assume the regulars get priority booking.

elisebutt65

Surely this is a wind up?? For one thing- it's not half term - it's the summer holidays?

And what single parent would take a job before ensuring that all childcare was in place first????
Childminders?
Nurseries?
Playschemes?
Holiday clubs?

Or perhaps it's a rhetorical question because of the recent announcement about farming all of us single mums to work as soon as kids hit 7 or 12????

I may start saving up to set up a workhouse as someone else recently suggested as it looks like it will become remarkably profitable.

liney

Or perhaps the Op is recently single, already has her business in place, and doesnt like the idea of surviving on benefits just because she is a single parent. Good for her.