what kind of work could i do around the children?

[thisisyesterday]

I feel like I want a bit of extra cash and adult conversation!

Wouldn't mind being on the till at a supermarket in the evenings or something, but none of the ones round here have till vacancies!

have applied for home delivery network just temporarily delivering catalogues

have also applied for census stuff, and got through the phone interview but heard nothing back yet

what else could i do from home? or could i do in the evenings??

I do invigilating which pays an OK amount. Lacks a little on conversation (especially during the actual exams ) but get to natter a bit with people before and after. I either need DH to take children to school or use Breakfast club.

I also had phone interview for census (in December) but haven't heard anything. Don't think I will until the day before or something tbh.

You don't say how old your children are, and it would depend on your personal circumstances but I have done various things in the last few years whilst my children were of primary age - Invigilating during secondary school exams (paid about £7/hr) Gardening for local pensioners, around £12/hr. Ironing for people - £15/hr. Meeting clerk for local school, and school governors groups £15/hr. Delivering leaflets - not much but it gets you out and about. Other suggestions - Bar work, school dinner lady, home care for the elderly. Depends on your skill-set and preferences really. Any help?

Someone usually comes on these threads and plugs mentions Usborne Books/Phoenix Cards/insert any other party sales company name, so I'll save time and suggest it!

ahh good ideas thank you

the children are 6, 3 and 22 months, so there isn't much I can do during the day really, unless it earns enough to put them in nursery which seems unlikely

plus i've got school pick up at 3pm

i suppose evenings is my real option isn't it?

I'm fairly shit at doing "parties" for things like Usborne and the like... but it's something to think about I guess, cos I could do it as and when which would be good, and now ds1 is at school it's opened up a whole new world of people to sell to

So the invigilating, dinner lady stuff and gardening wouldn't work, as they wouldn't pay enough to cover the nursery costs. I delivered the local village magazine for a while, low pay, but I could take the children and they loved being able to "help" and lots of people stopped to chat, and the magazines fitted underneath the buggy! Personally I hate selling so haven't done anything like that, but the avon stuff or virgin vie could work? Avoid paying for stuff up front though, if it's cash that is the priority, a postcard in the post office offering ironing could bring in a bit. I have lots of friends who belong to book groups - assuming you have time to read - which they all enjoy, no cash, but adult conversation!

Hi thisisyesterday,

I was in your shoes wanting to earn some money and have some sociable conversation. I do Usborne because doing my old job was impossible to do without putting my DS (age 5) in full time day care after school. For various reasons he would have not coped with that so 1 of us had to do work that fitted in around school run.

But thanks Whatswrongwithyou for the plug

I do Usborne my way which does not involve sitting people down for 3 hours forcing them to buy expensive gear. I am not the best seller in the company by a long way but I like what I do (i really love books and reading) and I keep my values. It fits in very well most of the time with my son. So for the moment this works for my family.

have looked into Usborne, I do love their books... i'm just not totally sure I could get enough people to buy them to make it worthwhile. It's only £38 upfront which isn't too bad I guess.... I just kind of think that once I've made my friends have a few parties if I don't get any "leads" from that then I'm at a dead-end...

I hate ironing with a passion, but am thinking about dog walking or something like that?

I am just wondering if it is the cash or the company which is more important? I teach for the Open University, where you can learn from home, gaining new skills and qualifications, and be in touch with a set of fellow students. Lots of my students have small children. There are grants around to pay for OU courses, so it might not cost much (or anything at all in some cases).