befriend service?

Thank you maggiemaybe much appreciated

Gosh no, nanaK54, no offence, just different ways of reading the situation. And you're right, a link in the OP would have been helpful!

Peace and love = always a good concept!

Oh dear I seem to have caused offence here, that was not my intention at all.

Perhaps it would have helped if a link had been added in the opening post.....

I felt 'uneasy' because there was no mention of checks, I don't think that is hard to understand

I understand fully about Ofsted Inspections

Peace and love

nanaK54, the very first thing any Ofsted inspector demands asks for at any setting is the full register of safeguarding checks and procedures for staff, volunteers, and anyone else with unsupervised access to children. This organisation's compliance is stated on the Ofsted site.

I just can't see why nanaK54 and MargaretX have got the idea this is anything other than a reputable and highly professional kindergarten
Read their site, read where it says OFSTED checked, read where is says any visitors etc are checked (now DBS formerly CRB) read about the activities, the staffing ratio, read all of it.
Why should you feel uneasy and how on earth have you come to the conclusion that the "planning and financing are not solid and reliable "

maggiemaybe I did not for one second imagine that this would not be registered provision.
However, I stand by the concern that I expressed, and really hope that Stef does return.

So sorry I created a situation. Please come back Stef.

Goodness me indeed. A simple Google search would have saved you all the angst Stef's post seems to have caused.

www.treehousefriends.co.uk/frequently-asked-questions

This is a properly registered, Ofsted inspected organisation just wanting to expand its befriending scheme. Good luck to you, Stef - forest schools are booming round here and are doing great work. This one's too far away for me, I'm afraid!

Goodness me - please come back and reassure us that, as others have already mentioned, full Safeguarding checks will be undertaken.....DBS nowadays.
Your post has left me feeling quite uneasy

I live in country where forest kindergarten are popular. But that does not mean that any old pensioner can go and look after children in this envirenment just like they can't in a normal Kindergarten.
If you are starting up a forest kindergarten you need more staff than at a usual one. (More wet clothes and filthy shoes etc)
This post is for me a sure sign that the planning and financing is not solid and reliable.

Ha, ha, read this thread as "boyfriend service". Must go to Spec Savers!

Brilliant. I hope the EP are checked with care and the children are carefully watched.

Grrrrr stupid phone.
from me

Lovely idea but sadly too far frosadl.
Good luck with it.

Is very popular....

Its lovely for the children to be outside all day, the same forest school system is. Ery popular and common in many european countries.

Sounds a lovely idea! I hope the safeguarding checks won't deter people as I could see huge benefits on both sides.

A lovely idea but yes they should be checked I am afraid. An advertisment like that could be a magnet for the unscruplous to any vulnerable people.
Child abuse or financial abuse of old people by Carers volunteers or paid. Sadly there are odd balls out there.

When I was working, there was a man referred to the SSD by the swimming pool staff who were worried about how much interest he seemed to be taking in a particular child at the local swimming pool. No evidence of abuse but it sure appeared to be grooming. That was passed onto the police Public protection unit. He was eventually banned from most of the pools in the local area because he continued in his behaviour.
Don't just say it's a sad way we are these days. I am quite sure this sort of behaviour just previously carried on unrecorded.

Will everyone be CRB checked?