sarah707
28-02-2013, 06:33 PM
I have replied to 2 ‘consultations’ recently which have asked questions which surprised and, sadly, disappointed me! :(
The NCB consultation asked...
‘What key services should childminding agencies provide? Please tick all those that apply’ and gave a list of various services an agency might perform for us...
The Cheshire East consultation asked...
‘No business model is prescribed - where do you think they should generate income?’ and offered suggestions for generating income from families or childminders.
Neither consultation had a tick box under these options for us to answer most important question -
Do you want agencies? So we could all answer, ‘NO! Childminders do not want agencies!’
Since when did a ‘consultation’ start with a fait accompli?
Should a ‘consultation’ really say - it’s happening - let’s choose the least damaging option?
Where is the consultation process if we are not given the option to say, ‘No, we do not want this to happen’?
What happened to democracy? :(
I have written to both NCB and Cheshire East with my comments.
NCB thanked me politely but I note that, as yet, no changes have been made to the wording of their consultation. Cheshire East has yet to reply.
These consultations will present biased and false results because they start from the premise that childminders want agencies.
Come on guys!! We need to shout louder because the message is still not getting out there to the people who need to hear it!
Childminders reject agencies! :cheerleader::cheerleader:
The NCB consultation asked...
‘What key services should childminding agencies provide? Please tick all those that apply’ and gave a list of various services an agency might perform for us...
The Cheshire East consultation asked...
‘No business model is prescribed - where do you think they should generate income?’ and offered suggestions for generating income from families or childminders.
Neither consultation had a tick box under these options for us to answer most important question -
Do you want agencies? So we could all answer, ‘NO! Childminders do not want agencies!’
Since when did a ‘consultation’ start with a fait accompli?
Should a ‘consultation’ really say - it’s happening - let’s choose the least damaging option?
Where is the consultation process if we are not given the option to say, ‘No, we do not want this to happen’?
What happened to democracy? :(
I have written to both NCB and Cheshire East with my comments.
NCB thanked me politely but I note that, as yet, no changes have been made to the wording of their consultation. Cheshire East has yet to reply.
These consultations will present biased and false results because they start from the premise that childminders want agencies.
Come on guys!! We need to shout louder because the message is still not getting out there to the people who need to hear it!
Childminders reject agencies! :cheerleader::cheerleader: