Mallow Child minders/Babysitting Club

26/11/2024

Raising awareness

25/09/2021

Looking for someone who would be interested in taking over this group as I’m no longer in a position to

14/03/2021

Looks fantastic well done to all at Abc's and 123's Preschool and After School Club

09/09/2020

01/09/2020

Know someone who'd like to give rugby a try?

09/07/2020

18/04/2020

Some ideas to help to keep active

21/01/2020

Please sign this petition and help us save jobs and preschools

205 signatures are still needed! Respect and Value Early Years Educators ! Increase wages, funding & meaningful negotiation

21/01/2020

Support Childcare workers,
Protest Wednesday 5th February

“Imagine this… It's the works do, or an anniversary dinner You get the reliable teenager, who babysits for you. She arrives at 9pm. Your child is already asleep, so she sits by your fire, and watches your TV. You maybe even left her some biscuits and tea/coffee or ordered a pizza. You get back at 12 midnight. Everything is quiet, and you give her €20 plus taxi home. She puts it in her pocket and leaves.. Everyone is happy.

“Next morning you take your, now wide awake, 3 year old to play school from 8.45am to 11.45am The teachers are qualified and well experienced in childcare and has prepared quality, educational, fun, and interesting activities, having bought suitable equipment, furniture, toys, with her own money. It is free for you, which is good. But the government think that fair pay for the owner for the 3 and a half hours is €13 This does not go into her pocket, as she has to pay qualified staff, rent, heat and light, insurance,and all the other costs of running a play school. There are strict regulations to be met, which are added to each year. Reams of paperwork to be done. She even has to pay €80 a year to be inspected!! She loves her work, but this is not right.

“So when electioneering candidates knock at your door, please point out the absurdity of how a 16 year old, babysitting, gets more for sitting with your child, than qualified professional play school providers do, for caring for and educating them at play school. Raise the ECCE /CETS ‘free preschool’ rate!”

Original post from a preschool owner

21/01/2020

Election 2020 canvassers

Child Care workers on the bread line, people sleeping on the streets? makes no sense when you have people who actually love doing their jobs for the good of the future and no inspectors calling to the Dail to check on them, when is it all going to stop?
Support Early Child Care workers

The current Government funding model for the sector is making it impossible to achieve this,

join us on Wednesday 5th February to say enough is enough,

Strength in numbers