We have WON In the very first Trustist Reviews Awards, we have won “Best Franchisor Diamond Award 2021”
This award recognises the positive reviews of our business we have collected through Trustist, so thank you to our franchisees for leaving such positive reviews of being a diddi dance franchisee and to our customers for reviewing your local classes, it really does mean so much to us 
We are excited to announce, we have been shortlisted as a finalist for Franchise of the Year in the Club Hub Awards 2021 🏆
The Club Hub UK – Kids Activities 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 expert judges, most of whom are children’s activity professionals or specialists in their field. They shortlisted the finalists and will select the winners for each of the individual award categories.
🌟 The judges will select winners 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.
The winners will be announced at the Club Hub Event on Saturday 18th September.
Wish us luck 🤞
We are super excited to announce that we are continuing to provide diddi dance online so you can join in at home direct from your living room.
All our online sessions will be run by our regular teachers to keep your little ones active:
We have had awesome feedback from the families who are already joining our online sessions and you can join us too! Contact your local diddi dance here, for all the information and book your place.
We hope you’ll be joining us very soon 🙂
Groups of enthusiastic children all across the UK are set to take on a sponsored Watch Me Fly dance challenge with children’s toddler and preschool dance classes, diddi dance, as a challenge this week, 13th – 17th May, as part of a national campaign in Children’s Activities Week, to raise money to improve support for children with autism, with charity Caudwell Children.
The challenge will take place as part of the regular diddi dance classes and the children will swap their normal classes for the sponsored challenge as part of the national Children’s Activities Week campaign.
diddi dance children, from classes nationwide, will form part of an estimated 120,000 children across the country in completing the challenge as part of the national campaign to raise awareness and money to provide support for autistic children through the charity, Caudwell Children. 
Autism directly affects over 2.5million people in the UK every day and it is proven that early detection and intervention is the most effective way of managing behaviour relating to autism. But across the UK families can regularly wait years to receive an autism assessment for their child and, once diagnosed, often have to fight for any kind of support.
The money raised from the sponsored challenge will fund assessments and practical support for autistic children at the new Caudwell International Children’s Centre, the UK’s first independent purpose-built centre dedicated to autism.
Activity Leader, Anne-Marie Martin, founder of diddi dance, said:
“We are proud to be a part of Children’s Activities Week and all of the children have had lots of fun practicing for our diddi dance Watch Me Fly challenge this week.
At diddi dance we are passionate about giving children the best start in life and by taking part in Children’s Activities Week we are taking that beyond our classes and helping other children as well.”
Children’s Activities Week is a partnership between the Children’s Activities Association, a not-for-profit membership organisation and national charity, Caudwell Children.
For more information about Children’s Activities Week or Caudwell Children visit www.caudwellchildren.com/caw2019.
Our very own diddi dance Founder Anne-Marie Martin was yesterday awarded the highest accolade at the EWIF awards 2019 – Inspirational Woman Franchisor 2019, sponsored by Little Voices.
We are delighted to be celebrating this most prestigious of awards for Anne-Marie at diddi dance HQ.
Anne-Marie was awarded the title at the EWIF ceremony yesterday, due to a hugely successful year last year, both as a franchisor, for her brand and network, and personally. This included delivering talks at local women’s networking events, sharing her experiences at franchising events, and inspiring the next generation at local schools, advocating franchising at every opportunity.
Improvements to the franchisee training and ongoing support, has seen the network feeling more motivated and empowered with even more webinars, face-to-face meetings, and forums. As a result, based on franchisee satisfaction, the franchise has been awarded 5* status for five years in a row. Whilst overall turnover increased, right across the network.
We also give huge congratulations to our franchisee Charlotte Foxley who runs diddi dance North Essex and South Suffolk, for winning Woman Franchisee of the Year 2019, Sponsored by McDonalds.
Charlotte runs a team of six teachers who cover 20 classes a week and works with several nurseries and special needs schools delivering diddi dance. Charlotte’s business is the first diddi dance franchisee to complete the Para Dance Instructor qualification in July.
And a massive well done to Emily Norman who runs diddi dance Bristol, for making it as a finalist in her category of Young Woman in Franchising, a brilliant achievement.
We’re so proud of all of our diddi finalists and winners!
diddi dance are excited to say we have been nominated for two What’s On 4 Kids Awards 2019 in the following categories:
Most Loved Music, Dance or Performing Arts Activity – Franchisor or Independent Taught By 30+ Leaders
Most Loved Party Activity – with 40+ Leaders Overall
These awards celebrate the UK’s biggest brands in the world of kids’ activities, the nations most talented teachers and class leaders, the most amazing volunteers and best party people – as nominated and voted for by the experts – parents, carers and parents-to-be.
If you can spare a minute please vote for us then wish us luck for a win! 
Closing date for voting is 12 noon on 24th June 2019.
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