AGENTS, PARTNERS & CHARITY 

We take great pride in our network and their contribution to the experience of cultural childcare with a passion.

AGENTS

Families benefit from the knowledge, focus and added value that our team of agents provide - much of which as a result of successful involvement in childcare provision, either for their own children or from personal experience as au pair or nanny. Many of them are based in Europe and speak the language of the candidate. They understand that quality and honesty are key to success.

Agents are responsible for  

• interviewing candidates in English
• double checking that potential candidates have read and understood the information provided, in English or native language
• validating the information provided by the au pair candidates

for more information or to register your interest to become our agent

PARTNERS

We recognise that the au pair experience is a big step and we would like to make it as inviting as possible. I am therefore contacting companies that have relevant products to support an introduction offer. We are looking for a benefit on

• Travel products such as flight tickets,
• Practical product of relevance such as gap year insurance and banking
• Communication products such as UK Mobile, online calling, broadband packages, webcam and other hardware to keep in touch with home  
• Valuable information on childcare, education, entertainment, excursions, where and how to meet like minded people

We are looking for money off for our au pairs and for host families, where relevant. In exchange for this, we offer you a preferred partner feature in our marketing material and on our website.

And naturally, we introduce your brand to new customers. Au pairs are ambitious, many have a degree, some of them go on to be top executives.

for more information or to register your interest to become our partner

CHARITY

Smartaupairs is proud to support Demelza House. Not only is every confirmed au pair position celebrated through a small donation, we actively get involved.

After careful consideration, we have decided that Smartaupairs will support Demelza House.

Why?

The quote below is from the Demelza House website and it ‘stopped me in my tracks’;

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Demelza House Children's Hospice aims to provide support to families who have a child with a life limiting condition.

We recognise that each child is a unique, developing individual whose best interests must be paramount.

Our focus is on adding life to days when days cannot be added to life.

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Demelza House is in Kent, which is local to us. Their service and care is for children and families, which is why we feel we want to do what we can to support them.

In some cases, charity support is limited to an annual donation, which is of course a welcome support to any charity, however, at Smartaupairs, we wanted to do more than that to support Demelza.

What?

After a meeting with a representative from Demelza House, we have decided that we can offer our support as follows.

Volunteering;

We will encourage our team and our au pairs in Kent to be actively involved with lending a hand at Demelza House events. We understand that there is a need for people who can help with various tasks ranging from serving cups of tea to gardening and it will be a great way for us to get together and to get ‘stuck in’. We think that our au pairs will agree that helping out as a volunteer is a uniquely rewarding experience.


Ambassador;

Demelza house frequently receives requests from all over Kent to provide speakers to attend schools, Women's Institute meetings, businesses, churches, Golf Clubs etc. to promote Demelza House. Receiving cheques and saying 'thank you' is also a very important and rewarding role for ambassadors. It is important that they raise awareness of Demelza within the community to raise funds. Nicole Kofkin has signed up as an Ambassador and hopes her public speaking skills can be of use.

Donations;

Our au pair agency has agreed to a ‘Give As You Earn’ scheme and we will set aside a minimum of £2 for every au pair placement to support Demelza. We will encourage further donations from families and will consider a ‘Matched-giving’ scheme in future also.