Bit of a long one sorry...
when I starting minding a friend asked my to have her lo ad hoc, this was fine as I was just starting up and had the space.
6 months later she had a baby and asked me to have both ad hoc, older lo was at nursery so mornings only and baby all day.
she has now changed her job and needs care 4 days a week.
she wanted to keep an ad hoc contract so that if grandparents wanted the lo's (mainly the older one as baby is hard work) they could without having to pay for the childcare
for the first month this was fine, I had baby for the 4 days and older brother as and when.
Since then, the children have been ill on and off for a total of 4 weeks and been with grandparents for 2 weeks (in a 3 month period) which has made me realise how much money it's costing me keeping the spaces open.
Mum let's me know the night before (sometimes the morning of) if I'm having the lo's
I'm currently turning away business, I don't want to terminate the contract but want to remind them that as an ad hoc contract they run the risk of me not having a place at such short notice. I'm happy to keep having the lo's but have 2 families wanting part time care that I could fit in around my other families, I'll still have a space on some days but not every day
I don't want to sound too harsh but I need to get my business head on!
Any suggestions on how to word a letter?
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