I’ve been hanging around the Netmums Working For Yourself forums lately and there are lots of mums out there who are thinking the same way as me. That it doesn’t make sense to have a 9-5 job, not spend as much time with your children as you want and then have to pay an enormous chunk of your salary to a childcare provider. Surely there has to be a better way? If this is where you are at the moment, there are some excellent websites to help you but it’s taken me a while to track them all down. So I thought I’d share them in the hope that it makes someone’s life a little bit easier.
- The Family Friendly Working e-course is excellent and free - www.familyfriendlyworking.co.uk/acatalog/
- The family Friendly Working blog has loads of ideas and inspiration – www.familyfriendlyworking.co.uk/acatalog/blog/
- The Netmums Working For Yourself boards are great for picking up ideas and getting advice from other mums – www.netmums.com/coffeehouse/working-yourself-76/
- Enterprise Nation is a free resource to help you start a home-based business – www.enterprisenation.com
- Business Link – business start-up advice both online and from advisers across the UK – www.businesslink.gov.uk
- Mum’s Club is a website for Mumpreneurs – www.mumsclub.co.uk
- Mum and Working – jobs and business opportunities for Mums, as well as info on franchises – www.mumandworking.co.uk
- Supermummy – helps mums build online businesses – www.supermummy.com
- Mum’s the Boss – Networking group for mums – website: www.mumstheboss.co.uk, blog: www.mumstheblog.co.uk
- Homeworker Parents is a new social network for parents working from home – homeworkerparents.ning.com
- A1 business forums gives advice to small business owners – www.a1businessforums.co.uk
- Part time jobs, home-based jobs and franchises at Working Mums – www.workingmums.co.uk
- Advice and info for mums running a business from home – funkyangel.co.uk
- Information, advice and networking for women in business – www.everywoman.com
If you know of any I’ve missed, please let me know!
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I can recommend http://www.mumszone.co.uk too, it has a wahm section that I have found very friendly and really useful.