Long story short, I ignored what all the people here had said and Childminded for friends. They left owing £1265 in May, which I know they don't have, with promises of paying it back in instalments over the next however many months. Not seen a penny since then.
I'm trying to write a not too heavy handed email to encourage them to start to pay me back. I want to put a little pressure on them but not loads as, as I said, I'm well aware their financial situation is dire.
The email goes like this so far:
This is just to remind you that you still owe me £1265 from ****'s childcare. Since the final invoice was issued in May I have not seen a penny from you. I appreciate that you have had a rough patch since moving, which is why I've tried not to pressurise you about this debt, but I am disappointed that the small payments I was promised a couple of times a month to chip away the debt have not happened. August is a very quiet time for me work wise and I was relying on recieving a fair amount of the money you owe me by now.
Can I suggest that you work out a sum of money which you can pay me per week so that we can start to get the debt shifted? If you paid me £50 per week, for instance, the debt would be cleared by the beginning of January.
I can't get the small claims court involved as they can't pay it. And tbh I don't see our friendship surviving this at all. And the thing they did that really, really hurts is that they are the only people ever to have not said 'thank you' when their child left my care
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