What working parents and carers say...

"We have had three very successful experiences using Emergency Childcare and I am most appreciative since we do not have family that can step in to help us when our nanny is on holiday or takes a personal day."

"The nursery called to say that my daughter wouldn't be allowed into nursery the following day, I had no family or friends available to do it and thought I'd need to take the day off work to look after her. I struggled to believe that I can phone at 5pm on the Wednesday and a nanny arrives at 8am the following day. Her CV was great and a really lovely girl who my daughter (and I) felt at ease with immediately. It's not easy leaving your little one with a stranger, but this was as good as it could have been. Thank you, I will be recommending!"

"The service took the stress out of searching for back up care for my child, as I was left without any childcare with little notice and was getting stressed by this. I simply logged on and requested backup care via the website, and within an hour received a confirmation phonecall from Work+Family Space. It really helped me out and reduced the stress factor."

"As it was the first time using this service, we were a little cautious, but our experience has been overwhelmingly positive. With our normal nanny away for several weeks we were resigned to needing to take leave to cover the shortfall, but the emergency childcare filled the gap almost seamlessly. The nanny was everything you could have wanted, the kids loved her, she was punctual and efficient. An almost unbelievably good benefit."

"I was very impressed how quickly the nanny got in touch after I submitted the request (about half an hour). The nanny herself was very good and got on well with the children. A highly effective and useful service."

"Excellent backup care for those occasions when my son is unable to attend nursery (for example due to the 48 hour prohibition caused by being sick) and it meant that I could come to work in the knowledge that he was being cared for at home by someone he was happy to be with. My son adored Samantha and would love to have her look after him again - which makes this an absolutely invaluable service!"