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Can I do this?

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ontheslide · 05/11/2020 20:36

I've searched but cannot find the answer.
Can my mum and dad form a support with my single sister and a childcare bubble for my kids?
So have 2 different bubbles simultaneously.
Thanks in advance!

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Hope4theBestPlan4theWorst · 05/11/2020 20:40

I'm not sure legally but I'm sure hundreds of people will
Partner took dd to school today and it was still mainly grandparents doing the school runs

Calmandmeasured1 · 05/11/2020 20:41

www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november#childcare-and-childrens-activities

  1. Childcare and children’s activities
There are several ways that parents and carers can continue to access childcare during the national restrictions:

Early years settings and childminders remain open, and you can continue to use these settings as normal
You can access other childcare activities (including wraparound care) where reasonably necessary to enable parents to work, seek work, attend education or training, or for the purposes of respite care for carers
Nannies will be able to continue to provide services, including in the home
Parents are able to form a childcare bubble with one other household for the purposes of informal childcare, where the child is 13 or under
Some households will also be able to benefit from being in a support bubble, which allows single adult households to join another household
Some youth services are able to continue, such as 1-1 youth work and support groups, but most youth clubs and groups will need to cease for this period.

ontheslide · 05/11/2020 20:51

I just doing the legislation and you can form a support bubble at the same time as a childcare bubble thank goodness.

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ontheslide · 05/11/2020 20:51

Found not doing!

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Racoonworld · 05/11/2020 21:13

They can yes. But remember that in a childcare bubble they can't socialise with you, it's purely to provide childcare to your kids.

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