question for NannyNick

[eatfruit]

Hi NannyNick I hope you read this.

I've just registered as a childminder and want to advertise, where can I find potentional parents?

Thank you

You can ask anyone that.
Probably best asking the parents on here how they found their childminder. I expect via Families Informaion Service is the most common way. Some may have seen an advert in a newsagents, some may have Googled and found a CMs website, others may have looked on listings sites like childcare.co.uk

You can ask anyone that.
Probably best asking the parents on here how they found their childminder. I expect via Families Informaion Service is the most common way. Some may have seen an advert in a newsagents, some may have Googled and found a CMs website, others may have looked on listings sites like childcare.co.uk

Most of my work has come from mums seeing me with children at toddler groups, the library and the children centres.
I am on the local and national gov websites,but most work comes from word of mouth and other childminders who pass on children if it doesn't fit in with them.
Try visiting different toddler groups, help making coffee etc. let people get to know you, if you haven't got any young children go with a friend or offer a bit of free childcare.
good luck

you could ask local schools or nurseries if you can place an ad in their newsletter, or pop a card/flyer on their noticeboard.

put an ad on the childcare noticeboard of netmums too.

make sure you are on the directgov listings and your local CFIS lists too - that is where I am looking for a childminder for sept (am in kent)

Place and ad on childcare.co.uk here and as people have already said, with your local Family Information Service. I have my own website and I know that this has brought in a lot of people as the first thing people do is google. Another good thing is to put an ad on Gumtree because it comes up high on the list of google searches so your name is always there or there abouts when people search.

ive got mine through other childminders befiending them and they hand my number out when they cant take the child and vice versa, also put posters ill all sopts and post offices around the area and generally out myself around my viallge :D

The only problem as I see it, with Childcare uk is that,
You can put your add on for free,
But, to follow up on any 'veiws' on yourself , you have to pay,
Most might think is a nominal amount, but if your not/just started working you may not be able to afford that nominal amount, I know I cant at the moment, so lose out on any potential children/parents.

Sorry, views that should be

thanks for all of your replies, I put ads in gumtree, netmums morrisons, school, nursery and local shop. I got a reply from netmums fingers crossed it will go fine.

Hi Eatfruit,
Kent CFIS would have received your information via OfSTED and you would have been sent a questionnaire to get your 'nuts and bolts' information onto our system to allow you to be advertised via our service over the phone / in writing / via the internet (including the national government websites and channels).

if you want to discuss this further call freephone 08000 32 32 30