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Charlotte from diddi dance Shropshire Wins Great British Franchise Award 2025

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Children’s dance class franchisee wins prestigious Great British Franchisee Award

Charlotte Burgess, a diddi dance franchisee who has been teaching children’s dance classes across Shropshire since 2019, has won a whichfranchise Great British Franchisee Award.

The awards, now in their 5th year, celebrate business success and reflect the winners’ achievements in stability, growth, staff retention, customer satisfaction, community involvement, inspired leadership and their involvement in the franchise network.

Before becoming a diddi dance franchisee, Charlotte already had experience of what makes the brand so special as she worked as a teacher for the previous franchise owner. This experience gave her an understanding of the day-to-day running of the business, as well as the energy and connection needed to engage children and parents in each session. And ultimately led her to want a diddi dance franchise of her own!

It was this passion for the brand that really stood out to the judges. They could tell how much Charlotte loves her job and being part of the diddi dance family. She truly is a strong advocate for the importance of dance for children’s health and well-being.

Charlotte’s determination and hard work has paid off as she has had the biggest growth in the network in the past 12 months.

“I’m absolutely thrilled to be named a winner of the Great British Franchisee Award 2025,” commented Charlotte.

 As franchisees, the day-to-day is often so fast-paced that we rarely stop to reflect, so the application process was a brilliant opportunity to recognise just how much has been accomplished over the years. To now receive this award is truly the highlight of my year. I’m so grateful to my franchisor and head office team for their support in putting me forward and I can’t wait to celebrate and share this achievement.”

Anne-Marie Martin, Founder of diddi dance commented, “Charlotte is a fantastic long standing franchisee here at diddi dance and we are so proud of her achieving this award.

She is so supportive to the network, great at communicating with head office, full of initiative and creative ideas and runs a brilliant area with special customer service and attention to detail.  We are proud to have her in the diddi dance crew.”

Please join us in congratulating Charlotte on this outstanding achievement. She is a shining example of what it means to lead with heart, passion and excellence.

• The Great British Franchisee Awards are run by whichfranchise, supported by NatWest, Lloyds Bank, Knights, AMO Consulting, Atla Mapping and Chantry Group. https://www.whichfranchise.com/awards/  

diddi dance Manager Wins Award at Disruptive Franchise Awards 2025

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What a fab day!

We had an amazing time on Friday at the Disruptive Franchise Awards 2025 reconnecting with friends across the franchising world and celebrating excellence in our industry.

A huge congratulations to Helena from diddi dance Head Office for winning Support Manager of the Year – we’re so proud you! And cheers to all the winners and finalists. Its wonderful to see such talent recognised, especially in the Children’s Activities sector.

Thank you to Stacey Cann for organising such a fabulous day and your hard work made the event shine.

Jane Mitchell from diddi dance Bexley & Orpington accompanied Helena on the day for that extra support, and we loved catching up with fellow franchisees and industry colleagues – the energy, passion and support across our community really came through. Here’s to more milestones, more celebrations and lifting each other up!

diddi dance Makes it into the Elite Franchise Top 100 List for the 8th Consecutive Year

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We are proud to announce that for the eighth year running diddi dance has ranked in the Elite Franchise Top 100 Franchises 2025 sponsored by the British Franchise Association.

The HSBC Elite Franchise TOP 100 UK Awards is Britain’s definitive official list celebrating excellence in the franchise community. They believe it’s important to highlight these franchise businesses, and to this end they release the official ranking on the 6th December, with a celebratory awards evening to follow.

The HSBS Franchise Top 100 UK Awards is Britain’s definitive official list celebrating excellence in the franchise community. Franchises are judges on eight core criteria including growth, ambitions and contributions made to franchisees and the community, and they have an independent panel of top judges in the franchise sector, who score the full top 100 list.

diddi dance Franchisee from Central & North Liverpool Wins at the What’s On 4 Kids Awards 2024

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We recently headed off to the What’s On 4 Kids Awards 2024, a wonderful evening that celebrates and recognises the UK’s children’s activities and businesses.

Running since 2006. these awards have now become the most prestigious and longest running within the sector and allow all children’s activity providers the chance to nominate themselves within both voted and judges categories, there even some special achievement awards too!

We’ve been lucky enough to win over the years, and it’s even more incredible to see our franchisees winning in their own categories as well.

An amazing night at the awards got even better when our very own Kirsty from diddi dance Central & North Liverpool & South Knowsley won the award for ‘most loved music, dance or performing arts’🎉

A huge congratulations also to Naomi from diddi dance Southport, Sefton & West Lancashire who also joined her as a finalist in the category.

We are so proud of them both!

 

diddi dance Launches New Package Opportunities

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diddi dance have launched new and exciting ways to get involved with the diddi dance brand:

We now have new franchise and ambassador packages:

  • diddi dance management franchise – includes large exclusive territory, training and support package included
  • diddi diddi franchise – includes a smaller exclusive territory, training and support package included
  • national ambassador program – those with a large social media following to promote classes and franchise packages by use of social media channels
  • local ambassador program –  do you know and love the diddi dance brand? Local ambassadors share social media content and recommend diddi dance at a local level within their community.

For more information about the new opportunities visit out franchise page, or watch Anne-Marie, diddi dance founder, talking all about it here.

diddi dance Reading & Wokingham Franchisee Wins Great British Franchisee Award 2024

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Local dance teacher wins top franchise industry accolade

diddi dance franchisee Bethany Bianga has won a highly sought after whichfranchise Great British Franchisee Award.

As franchisee for diddi dance Reading & Wokingham for the past three years, Bethany has taken her business from strength to strength and is regarded as an incredible asset to the diddi dance network.

The award judges were impressed with Bethany commitment to the brand. “Bethany comes across as an extremely valued and active member of the diddi dance network.”

“She has shown to participate in all team events and keen to support other franchisees.  She has expressed a strong passion for the brand and is not afraid to take on new challenges.  Bethany promotes the diddi dance standards very well.”

Beginning her business journey emerging from the pandemic, Bethany has taken everything as a new and fresh start, her use of company image and branding is always thorough, with attention to detail to deliver the diddi dance standard.

Doubling public class business, and seeing a huge increase in parties delivered, as a new young business owner during a time when many established and experienced businesses have struggled to bounce back is a true reflection of Bethany’s drive, determination, and passion for teaching this age group and driving her business. Expanding her teaching team with successful recruitment and training in line with diddi dance operations to support the increase in business accordingly.

“We are so proud of Bethany’s award win. She has been a valuable member of our diddi dance crew for 3 years now and has built a highly successful franchise with an amazing community feel,” commented Anne-Marie Martin, Founder of diddi dance.

Bethany was equally as happy with her win:

‘I am absolutely delighted to be a winner of the Great British Franchisee Awards 2024. It’s fantastic knowing my hard work and commitment to my business over the past 3 years of running has been recognised and awarded. It has also given me a real motivation to keep striving towards excellence”

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