Sounds like bureaucracy has gone mad in the UK. Maybe it is an effort to raise more revenue for a strapped government. Hope it does not come to this over here. What does CRB stand for? Are they checking you all for "crabs"? :-) I used to teach in my home around the kitchen table but I made sure I had an Umbrella policy to cover any insurance claims should anyone fall on the path or do something ridiculous to themselves then come after me. I feel, as lacemakers first, we want to make classes affordable and so do not value our time as much as we should. I finally quit when my students were not doing any homework and with elderly ladies it was like starting over again each week!
Lynne, don't sell yourself short and subsidize the rent. Maybe you can find somewhere else to teach. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org ----- Original Message ---- From: Lynne Cumming <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, December 4, 2009 3:47:06 AM Subject: [lace-chat] RE: checking up Carol wrote: > This week, after one of the lessons last Saturday, I received a phone call > from one of the parents. The mother concerned had had a phone call from a > friend, to say had she checked that I had been CRB checked, so she was phoning > > Having read the recent correspondence in Lace about the new checks I should go through and pay £64 for the priviledge. I have 3 'children' in my class and a vulnerable adult (who wouldn't understand that she is one!) and I'm wondering whether to just give up! I've been checked for CRB by Cambridgeshire as I go with a college on their ski trip each year. But I live and teach lace in Hertfordshire. I've discussed this with the class and no one is bothered about checks - they've all known me for years. The 2 youngest girls are 13 and 15 and their mother isn't bothered. I'm never on my own with any but the vulnerable adult to whom I give a lift home (all of 400 yards as it's a dark walk). We have a 16 year old who is given a lift down by her neighbour who is in the class - does that lady require a check? The young lady is in care of social services so I wonder if they'll say anything. They've never asked about the class either! I suppose I can't take any more youngsters and as the charges for the hall are rising by 175% from Jan 1st I'm getting a bit fed up. Mind you I've been paying the same for 19 years and have been surprised it hasn't gone up before. Now I shall complain if the heating remains inadequate (we are actually stopping now till March as it's too cold to use the hall as the heating takes a good hour to get the hall vaguely warm and the icy roads are a worry with several people travelling a long way) and the tables are filthy when we get them out! I haven't told the class yet that their fees will go up - that's for our class Xmas dinner next week. On the other hand they haven't had an increase in class fee since 1999. I will cover some of the cost of the rent rise as well but I expect to get some moans. Can anyone let me know off list what their fees are for classes? Meanwhile I'll go back to my sick bed and try to get rid of this evil cold before my daughters wedding in 2 weeks .... So much to do! Lynne Baldock, North Herts, UK [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected].
