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14 year old Saturday job?

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Jacky22 · 09/03/2018 12:03

Any tips on a good Saturday job for 14 year old to get? We live in London. Is there a legal age limit and what kind of work can they do? DD no good at getting up in the morning and there are hardly any paper-rounds any more, and we don't know many people with younger kids who need babysitting, or dogs who need walking.

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Paie · 09/03/2018 12:33

Can't help with the legal bit but I'd suggest looking for Kitchen porter roles?
Or childrens play center
Or assisting at a local stables/ farm

I "worked" at a stables in my early teenage years, instead of pay we got the occasional free rides and they trained us and got us to all pass a qualification
My local pub hires 14/15 year olds as KP's

tinytreefrog · 09/03/2018 12:37

Most larger companies won't take anyone on under 16. Small local shops may, or washing up/ waitressing in a pub/ restaurant.

xPeridotx · 09/03/2018 14:18

DD works in a cafe 4 hours on Saturday and 2 hours on a Sunday, which is the maximum she is legally allowed to work.

Candlelights · 10/03/2018 09:04

It's quite restricted in terms of what hours they can work at that age. DD is super keen to get a job and has asked around but nowhere will take her until she's 16. She does babysitting which pays quite well. Volunteering or getting work experience at a nursery can be a good way to find people to sit for. And some paperrounds aren't early mornings if they're delivering a free paper or magazine. DS did one of those for a while but found it hard work and badly paid (he was allocated an area with large houses which took a long time)

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