Childminders, what will you do when the new funding comes in?

[Maggiesgirl]

I retired from being a CM a few years ago now, but even then the amount per hour that the funding paid was over a pound less than I charged an hour, and in Dorset you were not allowed to charge top up fees.
I managed because I charged more for under 3 year old, now I couldn't do it that so I woukd be losing so much I probably would close.
Will you be carrying on ?

£600 if you signed up to be a childminder. Basically fuck all! Unless they up the funding for the funded hours it will make no difference at all.

It would cost you more than that to set up with everything you have to have.

Back in the day mine went to the CM I paid a donation!!

It's just a joke also that different areas pay put a different hourly rate.

Local to me it was £4 an hour from the LA and most CM charged £5-5.50 per hour. So a massive underfunding per hour.

My CM moved and lived on the Hampshire/Wiltshire border so depending on where you lived in her street you received nearly £2 per hour more or less.

Both of which were higher than London commuter belt where housing costs were much higher!