Donnad97
Babysitter in Perth
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Female Member since Jan 2010 Last Updated Jan 2025 Last Login 23 Jan 2025
My Summary
5Star Childcare From Donna Poppins! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
About Me
5 star childcare is suitable for all special occasions and events throughout Scotland
A tailor made service can be provided to cater for your requirements.
You could enjoy a romantic meal, attend a business conference a wedding, party or formal function
5 star childcare will ensure your child/ren have a great time safe in the comfort of your house, hotel or venue
Wedding babysitting
Help get little ones ready while adults sort themselves out, take the kids away while the bridal party is getting ready, keep little ones entertained during meals and speeches, take young ones away to the hotel room or designated where I can change them into their pyjamas and settle them down for bed time until wedding is over.
If required can organise a crèche for children during your wedding day to entertain them and allowing guests to enjoy the wedding
Ad hoc babysitting as and when required.
My Experience
My previous post was nursery manager for over 15years, wanted change possibly start my own business up.
I have supervised twice at carnoustie open golf as senior supervisor for worlds most famous golfers children in top security Accomodation
I have babysat for various families at Gleneagles hotel for 8 years which requires very high standards of care to children aged 0 to 16.
I am happy to babysit for children with additional support needs if required.
I have done many jobs supervising bridal party children during their preparations on their big day.
Should you require more than 1 babysitter I have a list of high standard babysitters I use on big bookings.
I am fully PVG disclosed and emergency first aid for children
Ideal for families on holiday and wanting night out with no kids.
For some reason cannot download all documents should you require me to email anything i am more than happy to
References available if required.
My Qualifications
NVQ Management - post graduate
SVQ3 - Early years and childcare
SVQ 2 - Social Care
First Aid
Food and Hygiene
Medication administering Certificate
Makaton introduction (sign language)
mental health Fist Aid
Child protection level 5
Child CPR NHS trained
My Availability
Although I am unable to do on going days during the week I can accommodate for anyone looking for childcare for a wedding or staying in a hotel as this is ad hoc one time.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Before School | no | no | no | no | no | yes | yes |
| Morning | no | no | no | no | no | yes | yes |
| Afternoon | no | no | no | no | no | yes | yes |
| After School | no | no | no | no | no | yes | yes |
| Evening | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Overnight | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Last Updated: 11/01/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Babysitting from £15.00 per hour
Due to how highly skilled and experienced I am this is how my fees are £15 per hour compared to others asking for cheaper with less skills and experience.
Per family (max 3 children )£15 per hour
Bookings with more than 1 family,
fees can be negotiated
Travel cost depending on distance
Overnights available fees negotiable
My Documents
- Other (added 05/03/2024)
- Reference: well known and years of experience (added 29/05/2022)
- Reference: 5 star reviews reward (added 29/05/2022)
- Childminding Agency Certificate (added 08/05/2022)
- PVG Check (added 08/05/2022)
- Training Certificate: emergency first aid (added 22/10/2019)
- Basic Disclosure Check (added 20/10/2019)
- UK Driving Licence (added 20/10/2019)
Reviews
5 out of 5
Parents say
The babysitter is consistently praised for her professionalism, experience, and ability to put children and parents at ease. She is described as caring, calm, and excellent with children of all ages. Parents appreciate her communication skills, flexibility, and the activities she provides. Many reviewers highlight her expertise in handling various situations and her warm, friendly demeanor. Overall, she is highly recommended by all families who have used her services.
Summary generated by AI from the text of most recent member reviews
Latest reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Donnad97. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk members and not of Childcare.co.uk. Parents must carry out their own checks and references on childcare providers to ensure that they are completely happy before enaging in the use of their services.
We booked Donna to look after our two year old when we came to Perth for a family wedding, it was for a long time, pretty much 1pm till 1am. We had a couple of phone calls and a video call in advance so our daughter could see her, she absolutely set our minds at rest, I was a bit nervous leaving our toddler with a stranger but Donna couldn’t have been more understanding, she’s so lovely and clearly very experienced. On the day she brought toys and books, she had such a lovely way with our little girl. They went to the park to play and she text us several photos of them having fun throughout the day. Would highly recommend, she’s an absolute pro!!
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Emma
on 06/08/2024
We recently asked Donna to help us out with caring for 3 children aged 4 years, 14 months and 6 months while attending a wedding. Not the easiest age combination but Donna coped brilliantly. The 4 year old said he had a lovely day with her. We felt very positive about all aspects of our experience with Donna and would happily use her again.
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Suzanne
on 25/07/2024
I couldn't recommend Donna more highly, she babysat for us slightly last minute and was brilliant. She popped round to meet the kids beforehand and put us all at ease. Which meant on the night we had no worries about her putting our five year old to bed and neither did he. Both of our children were very happy to have Donna and we will definitely be using her again. She is brilliant!
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ZoeKerri
on 01/07/2024
We were visiting Perth for a wedding and were in dire need of a nanny to take care of our 4 month old for the day and evening. Donna was absolutely brilliant! Prior to our visit we had two video calls to get to know her which was very helpful and made us feel perfectly safe. She was very kind and took great care of our son. She even brought plenty of toys to keep him entertained. Would not hesitate the tiniest bit to recommend her.
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Froukje
on 04/06/2024
Donna has babysat for my 3 month old twins on numerous occasions and has been brilliant each time. She sings and talks to them, takes them out for walks and is very calm with them. She is also a lovely, kind person with lots of relevant experience and she is exactly what my husband and I were looking for. You don’t need to look any further; l highly recommend Donna.
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Funkyles
on 18/02/2024
We contacted Donna as we hadn't had a night out in quite a long time and our DS had never had a babysitter before. She put him at ease instantly and he was perfectly happy to settle in and play games with her. He keeps asking if she'll come back and babysit him again and we can definitely say she will be!
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MoominJ
on 04/02/2024
Donna went over and above to make my husband and I feel safe and secure leaving our son and his cousins with her. It was our wedding day so we were extremely busy and Donna just took the initiative and used her past experience of working with children to help my son. Thank you so much Donna 💓 you made us feel so comfortable and we knew our son was in very capable hands! Would highly recommend!
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Claire
on 08/10/2023
We hired Donna to look after our 3 and 5 year olds whilst we were at a wedding. She was excellent and managed to put them instantly at ease despite them having had an epic day, being very tired and not wanting to have left the day event. Communication beforehand was excellent and nothing was too much trouble. Thank you Donna!!
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JoG
on 09/09/2023
We had Donna for a wedding while we were on holiday. Donna was amazing and met up with us a few days before so we could get to know her, and our son wouldn’t be too nervous on the day. We have a very active 21 month old who was happy going on walks, feeding horses, watching the lawn mower, and playing with Donna. He took to her easily and we could tell she was experienced and knew what she was doing. Thank you Donna!
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MaryB
on 08/08/2023
Donna babysat for us while we were at a wedding and made everything as simple as possible which put us at ease. She was with our baby for 13 hours and entertained, fed and bathed her as well as checking in to let us know how she was. Would throughly recommend!
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Abi
on 20/07/2023
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