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shellie

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Hello again everyone!

Not been on here for some time. As some of you may remember I run a childrens party business in Leeds. Business is going really well, and I am getting busier and busier.

I am working on another side to the business - Entertainment for children at weddings. I think there is a serious lack of this kind of entertainment and I am pretty sure I could provide a very good service. It would involve entertaining a group of children at weddings for approx 2 hours.

Contacted ofsted for advice. They said they didnt cover this kind of thing!!!

Would like to know:
!. what is a site survey, what does it involve, would i need to do one, how do i do one?
2. Would I need to do anything legally?
3. What system would i have to develop to make sure the children were returned to their parents safely and not someone poseing as their parents. ie would a sign in and out sheet be enough?

Any other advice greatly appreciated????
 
It looks very good originality.
I give some advices for your questions.
1. I think before start your suivey, you should confirm the target crowds,the childrens age,income estate,consuetude,etc
2. Maybe you should refer to Association of children about the legally.
3. ...
That's my advice,not very good but I only wishes you could succeed.
Good luck!
 
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its a great idea, I used to do alot of kids parties.

There are alot of questions you need to get answers too.

The only way you can keep the security issue right is to have enough staff per children which may be too expensive depending on the customers you are targeting. Although the right weddings would have a high spend per job.

If you find its too difficult to work out & insure correctly you may want to offer the service but in your contract state the parent are responsible for thier kids at all times.

When I used to do kids parties we insited that the parents would also be involved - as we did get alot where they just left the kids to us & had a drink in the corner in the early days

I would imagine for weddings that some of the families would want to join in anyway

great idea

G
 
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Hi, Shelley,

A site survey is looking over a site for possible safety and security risks as well as suitability for the purpose you have in mind, in any and every industry.

I'm about to do a weddings section for an entertainments site and wouldn't mind having a chat. I'm not far away from you, either.

Please PM me a phone number, or I have an email address in my profile.

Cheers,

Mike
 
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You need to do a risk assessment and show this to your insurer who will inform you if you are covered by public liability.

If you are in sole charge of the children, there are strict ratios for carers to children and some carers will need to be qualified nursery nurses.

I entertain at alot of weddings myself and also entertain for many mobile creches who have offered their client the option of a magician to run alongside their creche facilities.

The mobile creches are amazing, they take along tvs, game consoles, toys, large play equipment, craft activities, soft play - everything you can think of to keep mixed age range children amused for the duration of the wedding.

When I entertain at weddings, I can provide magic, games, craft but it is made clear that I am not a childminder and that a responsible adult must remin present at all times - some wealthy clients have put me in a marquee with several qualified nursery nurses so that they dont have to see any children during the day, even food for the children has been served in the marquee away from the adults!!!
 
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Before I started doing "grown-up" magic, I served my apprentiship doing kids parties. I got insurance by being a member of Equity (essential) and it's always a good idea to make it a stipulation of the booking that there will be sufficient adults on hand to supervise the children (a ratio of one adult to ten kids is about right). Make sure they see you as an entertainer and not a baby-sitter.

Apart from that, good luck! Children's parties can be a little bit like crowd control at times, particularly when they start to reach the age of 7 or 8. Pre-schoolers are usually great.

I now work a lot entertaining adults at wedding receptions so would be interested in any listings that covered that market? I'm a tarot & palm reader and close up mind-reader (generally a kind of magician that's just a bit weirder!).
 
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Hi Guys

thanks for the advice. I do have experience in controling the kids. Been doing parties for 18 months now, and have 3 children of my own. Some think this is an easy way to make money. Believe me it isnt! Your right about the crowd control Steve!!!! lol.

Anyone any ideas who i can contact for more informations?
 
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Hmm, you should do well but it's fraught with pitfalls. Kid's parties go on two hours, weddings, all day.

What if the kids get bored and decide to run off? Just how in charge are you? Magic Wand's advice is good about being the entertainer, not the baby sitter.

You could also ask the advice of popular wedding venues to find out if this is already done. The bride may end up having to pay for yet another room as well as your service, bear that in mind.

Incidentally, until our supplier discontinued them, we did Wedding Cake Pinatas and they were quite popular. Don't know why they discontinued them.
 
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Shellie,

I've seen a company near me that does this. I'll pm you there web address as it might help.

Sarah
 
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That is an excellent idea, I have not seen entertainment for kids at weddings before. At the moment I am preparing my online wedding services directory for a launch, if you would be interested in advertising under the entertainment section let me know and I will send you details.

Lou
 
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Hi

abfabweddings.com is a new company, we are planning our launch at the moment as an online wedding services directory. If you are interested in receiving more information please let me know.

Regards
Lou
abfabweddings.com
 
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I run Stargazer Discos which essentially is an agency for mobile deejays. Increasingly over the last few years we have asked by schools and others booking us for kids parties to provide a PNC (Police National Computer) check when our staff are working with children.

It has never posed a problem to us. In fact having staff who have been checked has been a USP (unique selling point) when quoting for this sort of work.

I am surprised nobody has mentioned this in the posts so far.
 
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