Hi, ye kinda in the same bracket, and the only money I currently receive is child tax credits (have applied for other stuff).
i used to go camping and spent a lot of time visiting the ex family. The only time that I’m aware that I won’t have the kids is 3 days next to one of mums weekends (she has them every other).
I also don’t drive. However the museum is a bus ride away and a good daily activity (I do it every few months), playing with them in the local parks. My eldest likes going to the library (she’s 7).
the cinema is £16 for the 4 of us and I buy snacks to take with.
Avoid going to places that are money traps with lots of things to entice them, as we all know it can be hard when we have kids.
my kids love when I turn the living room in to a fort and we have a movie night and sleep downstairs.
I find if I’m interacting with them it’s more important than where I take them.