Ever wished you had a trusted guardian angel who could turn up for the school run and ferry the older kids to the various activities with clashing times while you cook the dinner, sort out the younger siblings and juggle your workload?  Or not have to leave the office mid-deadline simply because you need to be on the karate run? Yeah, me too!

Well, you may just get your wish as innovative family ride service OneLane has launched in the UK to the delight of frazzled mums everywhere!

Specially appointed Guardians whisk your precious cargo from the school run or wherever the designated pick up point is and drops them at the required destination, with progress updates along the way via the OneLane app. Genius!

These ‘Guardians’ are not random cab drivers, (Jeez, that’d never work!!) No, these are fully vetted parents, nannies, childminders and teachers, selected because of their proficiency in caring for children. In addition to being great with kids, they are impeccable drivers too. Their driving behaviour on every journey is monitored by the team to ensure that high standards are maintained.

As they want to build trusted, long term relationships between families and ‘Guardians’, it offers a match-making service, whereby the ‘Guardian’ is pre-introduced and the same person is used for all regular journeys. This familiar face becomes a valuable member of the family’s support network. It is a revelation in childcare, I’ve lost count of the amount of times I’ve tried to figure out how to negotiate timings but as I can only be in one place at one time, something has had to give.

Personally, I have the headache of Dominic starting school in September in our local lower school and Harry at Middle School in a village 15 minutes away (on a good traffic day!) so OneLane is right up my street.

They will be introducing wraparound childcare and carpooling soon too, so it’s a win for the environment as well as parents!

The service has been trialled extensively recently and here’s a bit of feedback from a fellow Mum.

Anne, mum to Michelle, aged 11, says, “OneLane has been a life-saver for me. I no longer have to leave work earlier to pick Michelle up, or have to pay for expensive nannies with a minimum number of hours. With OneLane, I am paying only for the drive time. Also, how cool that I get real-time updates on the ride and can rest assured that Michelle has been picked up and is on her way to ballet class.”

At the moment, it is London based but as it’s popularity grows I’m hoping this family ride service is rolled out UK Wide.

Have you ever wished you had a guardian angel to ferry the children around? Do you think you would use this service? Let me know your thoughts!

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