With all the possible changes...wonder where we will all be in a year's time

[Heaven Scent]

I will carry on for now as I'm full and I can't see my parents leaving.

Then when they leave for school or other reasons and I don't fill my spaces due to not being part of an agency then I will stop childminding.
Real shame but I'm not joining an agency and giving up my self employed status .

So I might get a job in a shop or a small office job...yawn

These are my plans too - I'll still join the fight - I won't go quietly even if its not for a few years yet - LOL

[WibbleWobble]

i wish to remain independent.


other than that i will be hiring out Mr Wobble.....



wibble x

[Rubybubbles]

I'm going to become a crazy cat lady, open a cattery and maybe have a few more dogs and look after guinea pigs too!

Bet I get paid better for it


sigh

[SYLVIA]

I'm carrying on until I run out of mindees the same way as I am doing now. By that time parents will be so fed up with the bad service from agencies that they will all come flooding back and Truss will be a name lost in the past. Unless her plans lead to so many bad headlines then she will be remembered in history as Truss the Terrible

[Tazmin68]

I plan to carry on. Like others I will remain self employed and independent. I have no plans to join an agency. If fis carrys on I will still get business and also through childcare.co,uk.

[mushpea]

I hope to carry on and be an independant but I suppose it depends on how things play out, if it means I get no work because the agencies are taking it all and giving it away then I may to think about joining one but I really dont want to,, I dont intend on charging less and having more children either as I charge my rate to reflect my years of experiance and my qualifacations.

[The Juggler]

i wish to remain independent.


other than that i will be hiring out Mr Wobble.....



wibble x

my biggest worry though wibble is that we'll have a big or lots of local agencies and all parents using them as it's an easier option = they do all the initial work screening for them. Therefore - parents will bypass independent minders - or the large majority will

second to have individual inspections - you will have to pay - they haven't given an idea of costs but recently when there was talk of how much minder inspections cost compared to nursery ones (on a per child cost basis) it wasn't cheap

[watgem]

I might look into being a registered nanny, but I love the idea of micro nurseries/childminding co-ops, wish you all lived closer to me lol

[hello kitty]

Me?

I gave notice to all my parents last week, my last working day is 22nd March 2013.

This is just the straw that broke the camels back, lots of personal family stuff going on, not all bad by any means.

[merry]

I'm also planning to carry on independently as long as I can, as is everyone else I know.

[mummyMia]

I will also just carry on independently. As long as I am able to set my own fees, choose my own mindees and still get enough business then I will be happy.

[balijay]

Apologies for seeming thick, but I don't get how agencies are proposing to do all the initial legwork for parents? Surely parents will still want to visit each individual childminder and make their own mind up as to who is suitable to look after their child, just like they do now?

I have no plans to be joining any agency. I have made a really successful business for myself without any help from a network/development officer or similar, with nearly all my work coming via recommendation by existing parents - an agency won't alter that.

[cathtee]

I intend to stay independant, all of my mindees over the last 22 years have all come from recommendations and hopefully this will continue.

[SammySplodger]

Staying Independent for as long as possible. There are other CMs elsewhere having ideas about a Plan B already - Independent Childminding Agencies, run as non profit / voluntary / Coops etc

Creative thinking!

Don't give up yet!

It ain't over until the fat lady sings....,

[Carla Watts]

Ooooooooookayyy, think I have missed some thing very vital here but eh??? what are you all talking about???

[FussyElmo]

Ooooooooookayyy, think I have missed some thing very vital here but eh??? what are you all talking about???

Elizabeth truss more great childcare. Increased ratios for nurseries/cms. Introduction of agencies for children. Removal of funding from las to ofsted.

Have a good lokk at the campaigns and petitions section

[MessybutHappy]

Still here, still doing the job no matter what, I signed a contract with my parents and I'll keep up my end!