Welcome to all au pairs who joined their host family in January! :)
An important part of settling in is finding friends in your area. Here are our top 5 tips on how to find friends in the UK.
- Join the Smartaupairs Facebook group
Our Facebook group is the perfect place to meet other au pairs in the UK. Au pairs often post here when they first arrive to say 'hello' and to find out who is living close to them. Plenty of au pairs are looking for friends here, whether they would like some company on a weekend trip overseas or are looking for someone to meet for coffee. Only au pairs placed through Smartaupairs are accepted into the group, so you can be sure of who you are speaking with.
- Use our 'County Lists' to find the au pairs who live closest to you
We email the relevant list(s) to au pairs upon confirmation of their placement. You can always access them through the Facebook group too, where they are regularly updated. You will be able to see the au pairs who live closest to you and make contact with them via email.
- Join aupairfriends.com
This is a great website, which all au pairs placed through a BAPAA agency have access to. Therefore, if you are living in a slightly more rural location with fewer au pairs around, this could be a valuable resource for you. Register using our agency password.
- Download the Excuses to Meet app
Excuses to Meet have recently launched this app, designed to make finding au pair friends much more convenient for you.
Again, you will need our agency password to register with the BAPAA au pairs group (please request this from our team - it does change from time to time due to security). There is also a wider au pair community which is available for all au pairs!
- Attend a Smartaupairs event
We regularly hold events for au pairs and you are invited to every one! These range from the big events such as an Introduction Day in September and Boat Trip on the Thames in May with other BAPAA agencies, to the smaller events, e.g. coffee mornings, a day trip to Canterbury, a picnic in one of the big London parks. Below you can see some photos from our recent events!
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