The Club Hub Award 2024 Finalists – Club Hub Awards and Event

Huge congratulations to all our Club Hub Award 2024 Finalists. The Club Hub Awards are for businesses in the children’s activity sector and are offered across 16 categories. 86 finalists have been shortlisted from 315 applications, representing 165 businesses (Club Hub members). The standard of applications was very high and represented a diverse range of kids activities, clubs and related businesses.

The Club Hub Awards are the only national awards for activity providers with entry by application form only, no voting. The awards are independently judged by a panel of judges and finalists are shortlisted based on their commitment to excellence, innovation and growth of their business, demonstrated through their business performance, achievements, brand values and passion for what they do.

Award winners will be announced at the Club Hub Event 2024, Saturday 11 May, Macdonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham. It’s a full day event for business owners working with children and families, with guest speakers, workshops and networking to support their professional and personal development.

“Huge congratulations to all our 2024 finalists, I can’t wait to celebrate all your achievements at the Club Hub Event in May. The children’s activities industry is so important to so many and it is great to showcase the best of the best to the whole of the UK”.

Tessa Robinson, Founder and Director of Club Hub UK

A massive thank you to all our Judges who spent time reading through all your applications from a diverse spectrum of businesses and geographical locations. 

Attraction of the Year – Sponsored by Businesswomen UnLtd

1. Alina Cooper – GetSetGo! Group Limited
2. Lisa Wood – JORVIK Viking Centre
3. Andrew Banks – Koku-Ryu Martial Arts
4. Anthony Williams – Plantasia Tropical Zoo
5. Richard Bower – PLAY@ Lower Drayton Farm
6. Marnie Williams – Wonder

Biggest Growth of the Year – Sponsored by Book That In

1. Corinna Bordoli and Léa Henry – CocoRio
2. James Cutting – Football Fun Factory
3. Alina Cooper – GetSetGo! Group Limited
4. Emma Canning – GO GO Makers
5. Claire Munday – Tappy Toes
6. Katie De Ioia – The Sensory Network

Community Champion of the Year – Sponsored by Cerys Keneally

1. Sammie Searle Boogie Tots
2. Louise Judson Bumblebee Beatz
3. Explore Learning Explore Learning
4. James Cutting Football Fun Factory
5. Catherine Blackmore WestWay School of Performing Arts

Entrepreneur of the Year – Sponsored by Bloom Baby and Toddler Classes

1. Kally Peigne Betty Bloom Dance
2. Rachel Peebles Estrellas Brillantes
3. James Cutting Football Fun Factory
4. Anna Neville Kidslingo
5. Reece Elbourn Lets Leap Sports Academy
6. Carrie Ann Booth The Science Booth

Family Business of the Year – Sponsored by Water Babies Bucks and Beds

1. Andy Hoang Beyond Blocks
2. Lucy Fitzgerald Cricket tots
3. Julie Burns JDStudio
4. Lauren Elliott Music Monsters
5. Becky Hoare Pop Up Play Village

Franchise of the Year with up to 15 franchisees – Sponsored by Trustist

1. Tessa Hawes – MiniMe Mindfulness®
2. Avril O’Brien – Mitchy Titch Yoga & Mindfulness
3. Maria Torres Giron – Ole franchising LTD
4. Julie Barber – TechyTots Ltd
5. Samantha Smith – The Outdoors Project

Franchise of the year with more than 15 franchisees – Sponsored by The Franchise Business School

1. Stuart Harley – ComputerXplorers
2. James Cutting – Football Fun Factory
3. Sarah Charles – Fun Fest Holiday Clubs
4. Anna Neville – Kidslingo
5. Christina Taylor-Chisholm – Popolo Ceramico Ltd

Franchisee of the Year Finalists – Sponsored by MiniMe Mindfulness

1. Tel Lawrence Basking Babies – London
2. Anna Coggan Caterpillar Music Newark
3. Rachel Peebles Estrellas Brillantes
4. Helen Wilson FUN FEST CHESHIRE
5. Emily Kerrison Kidslingo Ipswich, Felixstowe, Bury St Edmunds and Diss
6. Fatema Zahra Meghjee Tots Play Birmingham South Central

Independent Business of the Year Finalists – Sponsored by The Dance Den

1. Jasmine Hanlon MOVE IT SHAKE IT
2. Hannah Donkin Music Squad
3. Emma Gardener Story Rangers
4. Carrie Ann Booth The Science Booth
5. Catherine Blackmore WestWay School of Performing Arts

Leader of the Year Finalists – Sponsored by GKR Karate

1. Helen Simmons Caterpillar Music
2. Corinna Bordoli and Léa Henry CocoRio
3. Sarah Charles Fun Fest Holiday Clubs
4. Anna Neville Kidslingo
5. Catherine Blackmore WestWay School of Performing Arts

Lifetime Achievement Award Finalists – Sponsored by Morton Michel

1. Charlotte Rice – Aspire Dance & Stage
2. Giorgio Bugnatelli – Hylands CASC (Community Amateur Sports Club)
3. Maria Torres Giron – Ole franchising LTD
4. Debbie Anne Turnbull MBE – River And Sea Sense Ltd
5. Rebecca Reynolds – The Signing Company HQ
6. Julie Hetherington – TinyTalk SouthWest Birmingham & North Worcestershire

Marketing Pop Star Finalists – Sponsored by Kristine Monaghan

1. Louise Judson Bumblebee Beatz
2. Dani Meighen diddi dance Sunderland
3. Abigail White LoveScience 
4. Claire Rushton-Plant MiniMe Mindfulness – Staffordshire and Derbyshire
5. Carrie Ann Booth The Science Booth
6. Wendy Miller Wendy Miller Coaching

Non Profit Business of the Year Finalists – Sponsored by Fun Fest for Children

1. Scarlett McCabe – Debate Mate Limited
2. Jeff Dutton – Harrogate & District Primary Schools Chess Association (HDPSCA)
3. Anni Rhodes – Steere – Head2Head Sensory Theatre
4. Rachael Hurton – Synergy Dance
5. Adela Parzanese Guerrero – York Sport

Solo Star of the Year Award Finalists – Sponsored by Mitchy Titch Yoga

1. Amy Eley – MAGICAL TOTS
2. Hannah Donkin – Music Squad
3. Nikki Talbot – Pudding and Pie
4. Samantha O’Neill – Studio One Dramatic Arts (SODA)
5. Fatema Zahra Meghjee – Tots Play Birmingham South Central

Start-Up of the Year Finalists – Sponsored by Daisy First Aid

1. Nicholas Clement Chi Education
2. Hannah Donkin Music Squad
3. Melissa Holmes and Katie Burke Musical StoryBox
4. Samantha O’Neill Studio One Dramatic Arts (SODA)
5. Natalie Lydon The Happy Baby Hive

Supplier of the Year Award Finalists – Sponsored by She Can Prosper

1. Tim Freed – Book That In
2. Kristine Monaghan – Children’s Activity Business Academy
3. Jen Chapman-Boffin – Cinder Ltd
4. Katie Lavis – Little Starts Gift Cards
5. Sarah Gittins – The Dance Den

Congratulations to all our Club Hub Award 2024 Finalists. See you at the Club Hub Event in May!

ENDS

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Emma Hewitt, Event Manager [email protected]

NOTES TO EDITOR:

• Club Hub is an app and website for parents that helps them quickly and easily find local clubs and activities for their children clubhubuk.co.uk
• We work with club owners and activity providers to fill their empty spaces and grow their businesses
• In 2023 we received over 1 million users, over 3 million page views and over 88,000 bookings or messages for children’s activity providers
• We offer the UK’s Number 1 service for parents seeking activity providers. From antenatal to age 18; from Dorset to Aberdeen – we’ve got it covered!