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To wonder if any gyms actually have a creche?

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Ohisitjustme · 05/05/2025 18:10

I see mentioned a lot here as advice for SAHM or mothers whose partners work away etc : "oh, join a gym that has a creche and you can exercise without your DC"

I have never in my 45 years come across a gym or indeed any establishment that has a drop in creche. Well, IKEA, and one shopping centre in a big city far away (3 hours) that possibly no longer has this facility, I saw it maybe 5 years ago.

Is this actually a thing? If you do have one, could you give the general area or even: city, population 2 million .

Yabu: yes gyms with drop in creches are a thing.
Yanbu: I have never come across this / or it's not an everyday option for me (like me, you've seen one, once, many hours from home)

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BitOutOfPractice · 05/05/2025 18:21

BalladOfBarryAndFreda · 05/05/2025 18:12

David Lloyd gyms do.

shit, sorry didn't mean to quote the OP two posts into the thread.

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Go to your room and don't come out until you are sorry 😀

Wonderberry · 05/05/2025 18:20

In large cities lots of them do. Not just the exclusive ones. I paid £25 a month for membership in one that had a crèche.

SmallChanges3 · 05/05/2025 18:18

I've been members of two gyms which both have crèche facilities. One in Peterborough, one in Lincoln. They also have children's classes for older children. Both are considered cities but not what I'd call large cities!

TheChosenTwo · 05/05/2025 18:18

David Lloyd do but I wouldn’t leave my kid there ever again! I used to book ds into the crèche on a Thursday morning to do a spin and have PT. Then one time I went to pick him up and they had no record of him being there 🫠 he was actually in there but they didn’t have his details, for 2 hours didn’t know who he was, what his name was and had no record of him being there in case there was a fire/emergency.
Nothing terrible happened obviously but it was a huge safeguarding breach and I never paid for the facility ever again. It was over 10 years ago now but I’ve never forgotten it!!
It was only ever offered from something like 9:30-11:30 though so not especially flexibile for many people. Worked well for me as I didn’t work but wouldn’t have been great for a lot of others.
Was happy to book him into classes when he was older and could speak and communicate clearly etc.

Motherknowsrest · 05/05/2025 18:17

Our local authority sports centre creche closed back in 2008.

A nice local private gym has a creche. I've just googled prices, membership is approx £80 a month, creche £10 per session on top of that.

Seems like it's out of reach for most people.

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Ohisitjustme · 05/05/2025 18:14

Interesting! Are you all in cities? I'm in a small town pop 3,000.

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TigerRag · 05/05/2025 18:13

My local Everyone Active gym does

onlyandover · 05/05/2025 18:12

It also isn’t free and works out £££ with more than one child.

BitOutOfPractice · 05/05/2025 18:12

My gym does. Virgin active. And there's kids classes too.

worldwidetravel2017 · 05/05/2025 18:12

David lloyd do

OneStepOneStumble · 05/05/2025 18:12

As far as I know, the only ones I've heard of (but not seen as I am too poor) are in exclusive gyms like david Lloyd centres

BalladOfBarryAndFreda · 05/05/2025 18:12

Ohisitjustme · 05/05/2025 18:10

I see mentioned a lot here as advice for SAHM or mothers whose partners work away etc : "oh, join a gym that has a creche and you can exercise without your DC"

I have never in my 45 years come across a gym or indeed any establishment that has a drop in creche. Well, IKEA, and one shopping centre in a big city far away (3 hours) that possibly no longer has this facility, I saw it maybe 5 years ago.

Is this actually a thing? If you do have one, could you give the general area or even: city, population 2 million .

Yabu: yes gyms with drop in creches are a thing.
Yanbu: I have never come across this / or it's not an everyday option for me (like me, you've seen one, once, many hours from home)

David Lloyd gyms do.

shit, sorry didn't mean to quote the OP two posts into the thread.

onlyandover · 05/05/2025 18:11

Ours does (Nuffield health) but it’s tricky as it’s only open 9-2 and that doesn’t always work.

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