Forum Rules:

The first and main rule is HAVE FUN!

I pride myself on the fact that this is a very friendly forum and although we welcome differences of opinion, and varied views, please discuss these in a way that does not become personal or offensive to anyone who disagrees with you.

Information within this forum is offered in good faith, it's accuracy is not guaranteed and it is recommended that you check all information before acting upon it. No responsibility is accepted by The Childminding Forum, or its owners, for outcomes howsoever occuring, when acting upon the information contained within this site.

The Childminding Forum, or its owners, do not endorse or recommend any products whatsoever.

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Advertising:

Private ad's may be placed in the For Sale and Wanted board.

No commercial or trade adverts may be placed on the site without prior consent of the Administrator (Pauline). This includes, but is not limited to: signatures, avatars, text and hyperlinks - including links to websites.

If you are unsure whether you advert is allowed please use the 'contact us' option at the bottom of the forum for advice or use the private messaging service if you are a member. (contact Pauline)

Adverts will be removed if consent has not been given.

If you wish to post a link to your own childminding website you MUST add a link to the Childminding Forum to your website BEFORE posting your link. Websites without a link will be removed.

Forum Friends - Businesses and individuals can become 'Forum Friends' and help towards running costs of the Forum.

Business 'Friends' are allowed to advertise their products but this does not mean that the Childminding Forum endorses these products and you are encouraged to ensure that you thoroughly check before embarking upon any purchases, contracts etc.

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Although the administrators and moderators of Childminding Forum will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of Childminding Forum, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.

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Forum Agreement:

You also agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of ANY law. Legal actions can be taken against you. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also inappropriate to this forum.

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