Running Your Club

This section contains a growing collection of articles providing practical help and advice about all aspects of running your after school club, including:

Your business

• Helping parents with fees
• Budget 2010: Implications for the out of school sector
• Safe use of photographs
• Dealing with 'accidents'
• Providing food at your club
• Cooking with children at your club *new*
• Environmental safety
• Data Protection Act
• Equipment on a budget
• Marketing your out of school club
• Tracking your expenses

Staff and employment

• Changes to tax and legislation 2010-2011
• Staff uniforms
• Holidays and holiday pay
• Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
• Maternity Leave and Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
• Which qualification is most appropriate for your staff?
• Vetting and barring scheme
  • Vetting and barring scheme - update
  • Vetting and barring scheme - fees

Ofsted

• Information to display at your club
• Involving children
• Regulating play-based provision: key points from the Ofsted factsheet
• EYFS observations in out of school clubs
• Emergency (swine flu) planning
  
• Safeguarding

More articles will be added on a regular basis so do check back.

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