What do you pay for toys-in-a-church-hall type toddler groups?

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Trying to do some benchmarking... What do you think would be reasonable to pay for an hour and a half toddler group in a church hall? Includes a hot drink for adults as well as drinks/biscuits/other random snacks for children.

Do you normally pay per family, per child, per person? And whereabouts in the country are you?

We used to charge £2/family. This included hall hire, insurance, play, crafts, song time, hot drinks and posh biscuits for adults and a drink and biscuit for toddlers. We used to cover our costs plus have enough left over for a visit from Father Christmas and a book for each child (plus we always had a few £ in reserve, in case any toys needed to be replaced)

We just had donations, suggesting 50p for a drink but we closed 3 years ago because of lack of volunteers and couldn't afford to pay a play leader on donations alone.

£1.50 per family group in the Midlands, for 1.5hrs with free play, craft, hot drinks for adults, juice or water for children and lots of toast, a piece of apple for children as they leave, a party at the end of each term.

£1/£1.50 with a extra 50p for subsequent children.

£2 which included a slice toast for the kids and coffee/tea for parents. I think it was cheaper for an extra child but I only have 1 so not really sure.

One I used to take DD to was £3 including a snack time for the children. Then tea and coffee were 50p each.

Never had a problem paying it as the money went back into running the group.

£1 per family for 2 hours. As much coffee and biscuits and you like and 15 mins of singing at the end. Rarely any crafts.

Another one I attend is completely free (including coffee and cake although we are encouraged to donate cakea) but it's run by the church and very religious.

I briefly attended one where they charged £3 for 1.5 hours. I stopped attending after 3 weeks when I realised the people running it only put out enough biscuits for their dcs so don't do that!!

Interesting point about poorer areas. I live in a deprived area and, I've been told by our local children's centre, that various playgroups/softplays have been set up on the estate over the years but have always failed. However, the children's centre session is popular - it's completely free.

£3 here but it is by far the best similar group around. It has a few month waiting list it's so popular. If you have a better space and better toys and a good routine then people don't mind paying a bit more,

The one I went to was £1 per child and 50p per adult. (Charging for adults stops the families that bring both parents and both sets of grandparents for one child and getting in the way of everyone else!) Then had a tuck shop where you could buy hot drinks, toast and snacks for extra.

The one near me is just run by one of the mums. It's £2 per child (£1 each subsequent child) but it's really laid back, can help ourselves to tea and coffee and the snack is great and a lot of us class it as their kids lunch haha, toast, cheese, Apple, banana, brioche, and there's plenty of it

Depends where we go. The cheapest one is run by the Salvation Army, donation is £1 (I always pay double) It runs for 2.5 hrs, children get toast, yoghurts, biscuits. Adults get tea/coffee, toast and biscuits as well. They provide presents at Easter and Christmas including advent calendars. The area we live in has a high refugee population and the Salvation Army are always reaching out to support our local community.
The most expensive one is a one run by childminders, it is 2.5 hrs long, we all take snacks to share (topped up by the organisers) and adults get tea/coffee, biscuits. That one is £2.50 per family.