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

[R&A]

> 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.

Does this regulation also apply to relatives or parents' friends?
Does it mean all teachers are subject to these checks?


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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.
> 
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