Anna Roborn from Hopscotch Labs makes the case for employers to consider supporting working parents with benefits like access to coworking spaces with childcare support, especially throughout the summer.

With shorter "school" days due to camps, high camp fees, and a never-ending juggle of logistics and calendars it’s no surprise that this is the least productive quarter for workers with childcare responsibilities. Coworking spaces like The Coven Cary, Moxi, Workplayce, Haven, CoPlay Cove and others could make working more productive for this portion of their communities.

work.life (in collaboration with wellbeing specialists The Happy Human Project and creative agency Defiant) are stepping up to support working partners by launching a free on-site kids club.

It seems like this is a one-day pilot-session called dream.play.grow at their event space at St Cross Street. It saw all 15 limited slots snapped up by members within minutes, hitting home the need for more affordable summer childcare, as rising costs see the 6-week break costing an average of £1,076 per child.

Outside of the summer, we wouldn’t be surprised to see UK brands exploring how concepts like Narra Collective in Jersey City, Hopscotch Labs in Boston, and BubbaDesk across Australia are doing more, long-term.