What type of part time jobs can 14 year olds do?

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My DS is 14 and always trying to do jobs around the house to earn more money. Trying to think what jobs he could do where he can earn money out of the house other than paper rounds. Can anyone give me some ideas, thank you.

Some of the cafes near us take 14 year olds on as wait staff, he could try going in and asking.

Paper round

Sorry so tired missed that bit of your post!
Car washing
Gardening

My 14yo is going to try and get a job in a hotel waiting on. I recommended pot wash to her as well but she's not keen. I've operated the pot wash before and it was quite satisfying- he could ask at pubs and hotels.

Sticking up for skittles teams. My son got a cleaning job when he was 15.

Dog walking and baby sitting.
My teenagers had more disposable income than me!

Pet sitting
Football referee for kids football

Independent business, so take aways, cafes, small shops.

Sticking up
Refereeing (fairly easy qualification)
Coaching younger teams
Paper round
My 15 year old does a combination of all of the above at various times of the year

Great ideas, thanks. What’s sticking up?! X

I also want to know what sticking up is! X

Sticking up involves helping skittles teams by standing at the end of the alley and picking up/ removing the pins that get knocked over in between rolls of the hall and resetting them completely between players. According to ds it is exhausting and the players get very grumpy if you aren't fast enough but pays £30-35 for a couple of hours work!

Life guard is a good skill to get, our local outdoor pool runs the course twice a year and youngsters pay the money back through working for them (the course is £150 I think), local pubs and restaurants are a good bet currently (not chains) as they all are short staffed. Babysitting, dog walking, in school holidays watching primary aged children whilst their parents wfh eg taking them to the park.

You have to be 16 to do the life-guard training now. Most pools are desperate for staff though so it can be a great way to earn money.

It's about £120 to do the course to be a football referee and then you earn about £20 per game - and can sometime ref 3 games a weekend so the earning soon start to accumulate.

Our county pays a bit more for football refereeing.
It's £20 for the under 10s but goes up by age group. Under 14s is £30, under 16s is £35 and under 17s is £40. They are always desperate for refs.

My son had a job in the local butchers

How much! We used to get £5 for the night back in the 90s 😂

It’s nice when your kids want to earn, sets them for for life.

When my daughter was young, she did a paper round for the post office, and went on to helping in the shop and dealing with money. At 14/15 she started in the local chippy, at the time it was cash in hand, and bless her saved it all up and bought me, her dad, and herself tickets to see Kylie Minogue in concert in Manchester and iPods for Christmas one year, she was so chuffed. My DD worked all through school, passed all exams and went to UNI, and had other jobs, but primarily set herself up self employed.

From the age of eight I taught her to cook, and let her cook dinner with my watchful eye for her pocket money, Also paid for DD to clean my horrible blinds, clean the car, also get everything ready for her disabled brother, clothes for his special school, bowl for washing him in which I did that, but got everything ready.

I feel the responsibility albeit small gives them life skills, also local markets often ask for teens to help, which is good for counting the money.

i hope you find something suitable⭐️

Mucking out/general yard work at equestrian centres and livery yards. They always hire teenagers

My 14 yo is currently a coach in training at a soccer skills club, she will work two nights a week (5-8, 5-7) supervising the younger teams games and running drills with them.

We are overseas so not sure if they have similar in the UK.