Playgroups and children's clubs

[waterlane]

Are any of you still attending any playgroups or classes? I've heard of one baby class and playgroup that's still running during lockdown today, everything else has been cancelled. I would've thought everything had to close? Be interesting to hear from others!

This is listed as an exemption, no mention of childcare.

(f) indoor gyms, fitness studios, indoor sports facilities and other indoor leisure centres for supervised activities for children;

Exception 13: children
(16) Exception 13 is that the gathering is reasonably necessary—

(d) subject to paragraph (17), for the purposes of—
(i) childcare provided by a person registered under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006(d),
or
(ii) supervised activities for children;

(17) Paragraph (16)(d) only applies where the childcare is reasonably necessary to enable the
parent, or the person who has parental responsibility for, or care of, the child in question, to work,
to search for work or to undertake training or education.

Children's supervised activities can stay open if:

"the childcare is reasonably necessary to enable a parent, or a person who has parental responsibility for, or care of, the child in question, to work, search for work or to undertake training or education."

Exception 9: children
(12) Exception 9 is that it is reasonably necessary for P to leave or be outside P’s home—

(e) subject to paragraph (13), for the purposes of—
(i) childcare provided by a person registered under Part 3 of the Childcare Act 2006(c);
(ii) supervised activities for children;
(f) for the purposes of informal childcare, for children aged 13 or under, provided by a
member of a household to a member of their linked childcare household (see regulation
13).
(13) Paragraph (12)(e) only applies where the childcare is reasonably necessary to enable a
parent, or a person who has parental responsibility for, or care of, the child in question, to work,
search for work or to undertake training or education.

Exceptions
17.—(1) Regulation 15(1) does not prevent the person responsible for carrying on a restricted
business, or providing a restricted service, of a kind specified in Part 1 of the Schedule—
...
(6) Regulation 16(1) does not prevent the use of—
...
(f) indoor gyms, fitness studios, indoor sports facilities and other indoor leisure centres for supervised activities for children;
...

It's this part about parent and child groups that has been causing the confusion I think

@ChristmasCantComeSoonEnough oh yes I know, it's just so sad for them...they are the ones we are all trying to protect.

And @frantic17 yes - I bet that's the case for some, others I know of would love to be back..but also feel frightened about the idea - anyway it's not allowed as far as I can work out. Terribly sad times for them