Hi I'm looking to hire a small venue for a private party (no licence required)... can anyone suggest or recommend? I've already called the following and had no reponse...
Mark H. replied:
Compass Theatre cafe bar is often hired out for small parties and its layout is pretty good for it. you could enquire easily enough by calling them heres all the relevant links if the stables at manor farm isnt quite right you could check with them to see what else they have https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/9448/Contact-details-for-Compass-Theatre
Annette N. replied:
There's a lovely private party, heated gazebo at The Black Horse in Eastcote.. I often think of having a small party just to use it. Sure they'd lay on lovely food too. Well worth a look.
Carole B. replied:
St Martin's church hall. Call the parish office on 01895 625456
http://www.pilates4 life.co.uk/ Highly recommend Pilates4 life. If you are looking for an instructor who cares about teaching her students the right methods with genuine results then I suggest enrolling in the class with Mary. Good luck!
Julie T. replied:
Pure Pilates with Noelle Parsons. Classes in Eastcote and Pinner.
Holiday relief. Can any one recommend a company? Or someone whom does this sort of thing?? It would be for a wk. normal stables duties! NO riding. 2visits daily. For...
Lisa D. replied:
Highly recommend Isabella Durant x
Nikki B. replied:
Sasha Hawkins
Linda H. replied:
Elaine Cook
Charlotte W. replied:
Elizabeth Schilling
Charlotte W. replied:
Elizabeth Schilling is reliable and very experienced - can be contacted after 4.30 today on 07817879190
HELP!! I've had the day from hell. I was due to move my 3 horses to other yards this morning and the horsebox I'd booked failed to appear due to a flat battery. I'd...
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Due to a horse transport cancelling on me and my friend, we need someone to transport 2 ponies from KT19 8QQ and KT19 9PL to...
Cheryl M. replied:
Samantha Bray
Michelle C. replied:
Andrea Turnerhttps://www.facebook.com/Mane-Move-Equine-Transport-598996603475589/
Can anyone recommend a local stables for children's riding lessons? Ideally near the Woodcote Park area. Thanks
Sue H. replied:
My (grown-up) daughter rides at Wildwoods riding Centre in Tadworth. Lots of fun for youngsters in school holidays as well - cost you though! http://www.wildwoodsriding.co.uk/
Hi, usually my husband and I along with our children go out on Christmas day for our dinner, for the last 5 years we have gone to danson stables but last year we were...
How is it living as a single parent in the UK? I am a single parent (originally from the UK) Living in the US, Here it sucks to have no help as I have found barely any...
pingusbeak replied:
I don’t know anything about immigration requirements or your residency situation, but speaking in terms of what’s available for a British citizen, at least, yes there’s financial help available for working parents.
There used to be lots of specific benefits with different names like Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, etc, but they have all now mostly been replaced by one benefit, Universal Credit, whose value is determined based on your circumstances. There are various calculators to estimate what you might get, for example [this one ](https://www.entitledto.co.uk)
In terms of employers and working patterns, it’s not that usual to find an employer willing to let you have all school holidays off (unless you literally work in a school). But the legal minimum is 4 weeks off per year, plus the 8 public holidays - and many employers offer 5 weeks or more plus public holidays. It’s also increasingly common for employers to offer benefits like purchasing extra leave, taking unpaid leave, and various flexible working arrangements (eg flexible start/finish times, home-working, etc)
arianrhodUShannak replied:
Any of this could be a few years out of date but as a general guide. School starts at 4 years old (reception) and many, but not all, schools have some space in before and after school clubs. Other parents might drop their kid at a local childminder who will delivery them to school and pick them up after school. You would pay the after school club or childminder but, subject to a huge amount of unpredictable small print may possibly end up getting money from the government to help with these expenses. Stay at home mums are from what I can tell generally much more unusual here than in the states. So to go to some sort of additional childcare in holidays in very common. Before they start school you can get some funding for time in nursery but if you're trying to work full time this will only pay for a contribution towards the place. Full time nurseries taking children from as young as 6 weeks are easy to locate but there never seem to be enough places to satisfy all the demand. It may very well take a enormous proportion of your take home pay to pay for a pre school age child to have 8am - 6pm care 5 days a week. But the quality of care is strictly regulated especially in regard of child ratios. Due to the population density secondary schools are generally closer and many children travel by themselves or with friends on public transport to and from school.
Staff have been entitled to 4 weeks paid holiday and most employers are relatively cool with allowing parents to take this in the school holidays but you will still have around 8 weeks left. Family and childminders are the most common solution but it is also possible to get a term time only job work ing in some sort of school or college - these tend to pay comparatively poorly because so many people chase so few jobs.
Verystormy replied:
Have a look at www.gingerbread.org.uk These are a big charity that assist single parents and provide a lot of advice and help insuring you get everything you are entitled to. But be aware that there are restrictions on a number of social security payments for several months for people returning from abroad.
leapyeardi replied:
Look for employers that offer and actually agree to flexible working patterns. When I worked in the NHS, I worked with a lot of people, both clinical and non clinical, that worked term time only.
no-elf-and-safety replied:
jobs that are term time / school hours are seriously hotly contested - my kids school advertised for an admin for the school office and they got 100s of applications just because it was school hours and term time. remember you will also need a company who is okay with you having to take time off for the kid being sick or the school is closed or a teacher training day
most single parents work 16 hours a week as this is where higher benefits kick in and its actually seriously difficult to make more money working full time than it is working part time with benefits when you add in childcare and tax and all that jazz
holiday clubs book up early and are very expensive - here all of the decent ones are already booked up for the summer holidays
dating is fucking hard, making new friends is hard but try and get in with a few other parents at the school and trade off babysitting, renting somewhere with no history might be hard unless you pay 6/12 months up front so depending on where in the UK you are looking it is very likely that that 5000 wont last you very long at all
Blonde_Calculator replied:
Childcare here is very expensive. How old is your child and where are you moving to? Based on that I could give you come actual figures.
Most single parents live on benefits - they work 16h per week because this is when working tax credits kick in. We also have a housing benefit that pays your rent
Most of my clients have to pay around 20% rent because of housing benefit and get much more money from tax credits than their salary.
If you are serious about working in UK as a single parent then it will be extremely difficult: childcare, schools open late and close very soon, people assume that it is neglected if a 9 yo walks alone to school or if they're alone at home for 30 minutes.
If you are claiming benefits then being a single parent is pretty good. You get to be at home a lot to spend time with them and still get quite a lot of money.
Just been to see dinosaur zoo at the stables , kids loved it!!! Definitely recommend it to anyone with kids - thanks for the recommendation Alison Reynolds
need a three bed
£1 - Uxbridge
Large 2 bed end of terrace in Uxbridge
Own drive
Back garden
Kitchen dining area
Two large double rooms
Only 8 houses on the close...
Looking for a block of stables
FREE - Basingstoke
Looking for good quality second hand stables or reasonably priced new ones, looking for a block of 5/6 also good...
Can anyone recommend a company that sells flat pack/ self build stables. Not too expensive
Jacqui B. replied:
Would highly recommend National Stables. They do supply only if u want, as I did enquire, but to be honest, their guys were FAB & knew exactly what they were doing- had a single & a double unit up & useable within 1/2 a day ( would have taken us ages to do!) we r really pleased with quality too. Good luck.