[matilda] Creche/Playgroup was Re: Doug the man and atw

[Chris Malins]

Maybe we should form a political party dedicated to the removal of the 
excessive regulation which is applied to businesses and voluntary 
organisations by the socialist government...

Ken Clarke could be our leader.

Mr Jase Malgod wrote:
> 
>> atw> Maybe we could organise a creche, or kids room or .... ???
>>
>> Amparo> Er... this issue was already raised by Chris among others.
>> Amparo> Trouble from bureaucrats, again, likely to surface.
>> Amparo> We might have the space but not yet completely safe for kids 
>> unless
>> Amparo> permanently under parents' supervision...
>> atw writes:
>> Yeah, well I think supervision would be necessary - and possibly fun
>> too. But if shared amongst parents and others then overall people
>> would get more time off parenting - esp. good for single parents.
>> Also I don't think we have bureaucrats but admittedly consensus
>> decision making is slow and a pain sometimes. But unless someone can
>> suggest anything better....
> 
> 
> Think the bureaucrats point was about regulation of creche space i.e.
> "Anyone who provides day care for other people's children (day or night) 
> for more than 2 hours in any day must be registered with the Office for 
> Standards in Education (Ofsted)."
> Also anyone who looks after kids needs to have a Police Background Check 
> which costs a fair bit afaik.
> For these reasons any formal creche facility would be difficult to set 
> up, tho' for big events a kids space should be possible to arrange, for 
> example it was done for peace in the park.
> 
> Jason
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