Doing work that matters shouldn’t cost you the life you want.
tiney helps you build a childminding business of your own, from home.
Thousands of people are building their own childminding business with tiney. Their story could be yours:
Planning life after maternity leave
Growing a family, but your career feels on pause? We’ll help you turn that pause into a plan.
Marie Dyer
Andover
Did the maths on going back to work after her son kept getting ill at nursery, and retrained with tiney instead.
See Marie’s story
Ready for a change
At a career crossroads? We’ll help you turn an ending into a beginning.
Jo
Former sales manager
Swapped ten years in corporate sales for her own setting from home, doing work that matters.
See Jo’s story
An experienced educator
Fallen out of love with the classroom or the nursery room? We’ll help you swap it for your own living room.
Nikki Walsh
Former nursery worker
“In my previous childcare roles, the thing that I didn’t enjoy was not being able to give the children 1-on-1 attention. Childminding means I can give them all the attention that they need.”
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The maths of childcare doesn’t work for millions of families. At tiney, it does.
~85%
of mothers leave full-time work within three years of having a baby.
Source: Careers After Babies
74,000
mothers a year are pushed out of their jobs.
Source: Pregnant Then Screwed
1,300+
people are already building a business of their own with tiney.
Our belief
“Raising the next generation is the most important job there is. tiney treats it like one: real training, a real professional community, and real fun!”
Meaningful work. Meaningful income.
Work that matters, and pays you properly for it; tiney childminders earn on average £40k+. What you earn depends on your rates, hours, and how many children you care for. tiney only earns when you do.
Alicia Wilkins
Former Teacher
“I didn’t start this with a business mindset…tiney took care of the hard stuff, which is great for someone who's never been self-employed before.”
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Build a better world with us
We won’t accept a world where raising children is treated as unskilled, unimportant, work. Where seeking meaningful work, means giving up on a meaningful income. Or where the joy of growing a family, comes with the challenge of compromise.
At tiney, we’re building something better: creating a world where everyone in the family can thrive.
The only national community of its kind in the country.
You’re building your own business, and you’re not doing it on your own. tiney is a community of over 1,300 childminders and trainees across England, who meet, train and back each other. It shows up in person, too, at our Community Days.
Community at the centre
A people-powered movement.
Once a year, hundreds of tiney childminders get together at our Community Day. Come and see the faces behind it.
Become a childminder with tiney
+ tiney makes work add up +
Work + Family
If you’ve got young children of your own, they can be right there with you, counted within your ratios. It’s the one thing no nursery can offer.
Work + Play
The work itself is flexible and fun, rooted in your local community. Real days out in the world with the children, at a pace that suits you and them.
Work + Team tiney
It’s your own business, with real autonomy, backed by tiney’s training, support and expertise. You’re in charge, with tiney behind you.
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