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Where do SE London parents find babysitters?

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TrustedSitterSE · 23/02/2026 14:54

Hi everyone,

I’m SE London based and looking for advice on where parents normally look for babysitters or part-time childcare. Bubble has been very quiet for me recently.
I’m a Level 3 early years educator with 15+ years’ nursery experience, but I’m new to finding local families directly.
Are there local mum groups, WhatsApp groups, Facebook pages or other sites that parents use?

Thank you so much — really appreciate any advice!
— TrustedSitterSE

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Meandmylovelygirls · 23/02/2026 14:59

Join groups on Facebook depending on where you live/ are looking for work. For example Beckenham mums, Bromley mums and so on . Most places have Facebook groups like this.

floatingbagel · 23/02/2026 16:31

check the east dulwich forum
built for east dulwich initially but people are on there from the surrounding areas as well

Fifiellz · 23/02/2026 17:54

I’m a childminder and get a lot of work from Childcare.co.uk. There are parents looking for childcare/babysitters/totors/housekeepers/nannies.

Sign up for a month and actively message parents in your area, lots of parents don’t want to pay the subscription to send a message so will wait for providers to message them. Good luck

banhmi · 23/02/2026 18:27

SE4 families and SE23 Mums Facebook groups. School and street Whatsapp groups.

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