Brenda Welman

Fantastic

I can't recommend Brenda enough she is an amazing childminder, she looked after my little boy from the age of two until he started reception. I choose to keep him with Brenda instead of sending him to nursery because he absolutely loved going. From trips to the zoo, playgroups, walks in the woods to picnics in the park they done it all. Recieving all the pictures of the memories they were making was an extra bonus. Brenda is a very caring person and was always happy to help with early and late pick ups. We was very sad to say goodbye but she's always there in the future if we need her.

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by Danielle on 19/10/2023

Trusted childminder

I 1st met Brenda in April of 2018. I visited her home setting and I knew straight away I was comfortable leaving my children with her so I could return to work. That's where our journey started. I call it a journey because not only was I trusting her with the care of my 3year old, but also the care of my 5month old. Over the years the children and I have grown such a relationship with Brenda as she has been a massive part of their lives. Because of Brenda not only have my children recieved an outstanding level of care, her safe guarding and genuine love for her job are second to non, but she is such a pro active childminder my children were always doing something fun somewhere fun. I never got that mum guilt going to work because I knew my children would be living a true childhood doing such fun things during their day. The only down side I would say, is that my children had to grow up and leave Brenda's setting for school! My now 8year old and 5year old often talk about going to Brenda's and I know expecially my 5year dearly misses her days spent with Brenda. But that's OK because even at the ripe age of 5 she still gets to have fun in the school holidays :) Thankyou Brenda for being so amazing. I would highly reccomend Brenda to anyone seeking trusted, good quality and loving childcare for their little ones.

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by Re1 on 19/12/2022

Amazing childminder

Brenda has been childminding my son for 3 and a half years, since Dominik was 13 months old.
Brenda used to look after him full days before he went to nursery, nowadays she looks after Dominik in the morning, providing him with breakfast and then taking him to school. She picks him up before 12 o’clock and take care of him until 5 o’clock.
Brenda is one in a million..Dominik adores her. When Brenda has my little boy his days are always packed with fun days out and always something different. When the weather is not suitable to stay out, she always provide fantastic indoor learning activities, that stimulate kids imagination.
When she has him she treats my son as a family.
He is really well looked after and I love the fact I can go to work with not a worry..
Above all the daily tasks, she also went above and beyond providing great help to improve Dominik’s english level as we were not using english at home.
She also provides major help when emergency shifts are required at work and she’s always been keen to help me.
I can surely rely on her help, just like if she was a member of a family.
I would strongly recommend Brenda to any parent.

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by Parent on 19/06/2018

Amazing childminder

Brenda has been minding our son Dominic (little bit over 2 year old) since we moved down South in May 2016. At all times Brenda has been professional, kind, considerate, flexible and helpful. She looked after Dominic from 8a.m. – 6p.m. 5 days a week.
From the moment he started, Brenda made sure we were all comfortable with the arrangements and provided a good settling in period for my son to adjust to being away from home.
Dominic thoroughly enjoyed his time with Brenda; this was clearly evident in his behavior toward her. He had access to an extensive variety of toys and took part in a wide range of activities such as arts and crafts, zoo visits, attending toddler groups and more. 
Brenda completes a diary detailing what Dominic has done each day. From this we have a complete picture of his whole day including what he has eaten, how long he has slept and all his activities. This helps us to feel involved with his care and that we can talk to him about his day.
A bonus is receiving texts from Brenda during the day letting us know if Dominic settled down and receiving pictures. We are very sad to have to say good bye to Brenda, because we can see how much Dominic learn in this short period of time. 
We have absolutely no hesitation in recommending her services to anyone looking for a stimulating and healthy environment for their children’s care and would most certainly use her again. It is safe to say she surpassed all of our expectations.

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by Agy on 20/12/2016