Kids Collective is the Finalist of National Award

February 17, 2018 Mums&Dads 0 Comments

Kids Collective the out-of-school group from Cheshire make it through to the finals of the National ‘Mumandworking awards 2018’ hosted by NatWest!

These pioneering awards were launched over 8 years ago to celebrate the UK’s leading lights in the world of flexible working – those amazing and inspiring individuals, businesses, charities and networks demonstrating and showcasing how working practice and family-life can go hand in hand with huge potential benefits for all involved.

Never has the importance of flexible working been so documented. ‘Mumpreneurs’ continue to generate billions for the UK economy, supporting in excess of 200,000 jobs and we have witnessed significant positive changes in government policy towards flexible working in recent years, but there’s still a long way to go. Research in 2016 suggested improvements in flexible working opportunities for mums would enable and empower huge numbers of mums to return to the workplace with the potential to generate a massive £60+ billion boost to the UK economy.

Organisers therefore were delighted at the wealth and the standard of the submissions for this year’s mumandworking awards which will be hosted by NatWest at Bishopsgate London in March with media partner Key Women in Business. Hundreds of nominees entered, across 14 exciting categories ranging from ‘Flexible Business of the Year’, to ‘Inspiring Business Parent’ with special categories for bloggers, team members, franchisors and technology and innovation.

Kids Collective has been revealed as a finalist in the ‘Best supporting service to flexible working’ category. Awards have either been judged by a panel of leading business women, very familiar with the challenges juggling a family and a career can bring or, decided by public vote! Judges include Susannah Schofield OBE, Helen Pattinson – co-founder of the innovative, award-winning Montezuma’s Chocolate, Ali Golds – recently named as one the Independent’s 20 Extraordinary Women of 2017 and Julie Baker, Head of Financial Inclusion and Enterprise, NatWest – to name a few .

Kids Collective, established in 2003, are providers of out of school care, providing breakfast, after-school and holiday club services to families whose children attend primary and preparatory schools across South Manchester and Cheshire. Following a growing demand for out of school childcare, the group launched Kids Collective as a franchise opportunity in September last year and are now recruiting franchisees across the UK.

Kirsty Jackson, Group Development Manager for Kids Collective said: “We are delighted to be finalists for this award. We pride ourselves on delivering a high quality service to support working parents with their childcare needs in a flexible way, giving them the confidence and reassurance that their children are enjoying a fantastic experience in a safe, well-resourced environment.”