Rule of 6 distanced or not?? Plus childcare question...

[Watermelon999]

Two questions:

1. If you are in a tier 1 area and can meet up to 6 indoors and outdoors, do you still have to distance? (Same for tier 2 outdoors) *having a discussion with dd about this, she thinks no, I think yes*

1. If you are in a tier 2 area, but rely on occasional childcare from a grandparent to allow you to work at a weekend in a hospital (2 kids over 13, 1 under-7) can the grandparent stay over at your house to provide this? (GP is from a tier 1 area but over 70). *for clarity we haven’t had to use GP yet as dh has been here, but cannot guarantee this every time. Would prefer not to use GP for obvious reasons, and use before school club in the week when GP used to cover, but obvs not open at the weekend. GP would have to stay over as lives too far away. *

As I understand it rule of 6 is always socially distanced with those not in your household.
Childcare bubbles allowed for 13 and under as long as it is part of a long term arrangement not just a blag to see your mom.

1. Yes it is distanced.
2. No.

Thanks 😀

1. Thought the same

1. GP have provided cover for 2 days every fortnight for past 6 years for me. Hasn’t come here since March, and we have been paying for breakfast club instead. Although it is established, it is ad hoc, and I’m not sure how you prove it. It feels like anyone could use this as an excuse? Am not interested in breaking the rules and actually fully support them. In an ideal world wouldn’t want to expose anyone over 70 to 3 dc at school at the moment anyway. Have managed to get out of working most weekends but this won’t be the case forever! There must be loads in the same position and I wonder what they’re doing?

Ps. People aren’t distancing in rule of 6 though are they? (Even though they’re supposed to be). You’re not really distancing if you’re sat in a cafe or restaurant with another household....

1. Must be social distanced.

1. Pretty sure this would be allowed for childcare.

@Watermelon999

Ps. People aren’t distancing in rule of 6 though are they? (Even though they’re supposed to be). You’re not really distancing if you’re sat in a cafe or restaurant with another household....

No lots of people conveniently forget about the social distancing part but they are wrong.

1. Yes but the many pictures on Facebook of people hugging would lead people to believe otherwise.

1. I don’t think they’ve clarified that, so they haven’t actually said it’s not allowed...

1. Yes

1. Yes I think so - childcare bubbles I think now are like support bubbles which I think you can stay over for