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diddi dance Classes Running in Summer 2015 – North England edition

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diddi dance summer

With school out and children to entertain why not bring your little ones, and if you want their older siblings, to diddi dance over the summer! Some of our diddi dance locations will continue to run classes through July & August so if you are looking for something to do look no further! See who’s running and where right here (classes listed by location from North to South):

diddi dance York & Hambleton will be running the following from 20th July until 27th August:

  • Mondays @ 10.30am – Twiggys Playcentre, Allendale Road, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 3NY
  • Thursdays @ 10:00am – Tollerton Village Hall, Station Road, Tollerton, York, YO61 1QA

diddi dance Shipley, Skipton, Keighley & Surrounding will be running the following from 20th July until 27th August:

  • Mondays @ 10:00am – Cowling Village Hall, Acre Road, Cowling, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 0FN
  • Mondays @ 1:00pm – Skipton Children’s Centre, Brougham St, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 2ES
  • Monday s@ 2.30pm – Oakworth Methodist Churc, Oakworth, West Yorkshire, BD22 7HN
  • Tuesdays @ 10:00am – Sutton Park Pavillion, Main Street, Sutton-in-Craven, Nr. Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 7JS
  • Tuesdays @ 11.30am – Matrix Playzone, Carleton New Road Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 2AA
  • Thursdays @ 9.30am – Shipley Kirkgate Centre, 39A Kirkgate, Shipley, Yorkshire BD18 3EH
  • Thursdays @ 1.30pm – Matrix Playzone, Carleton New Road Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 2AA

diddi dance Wirral will be running the following from 20th July until 10th August:

  • Mondays @ 10:00am – Fun4All (former Monkey Bizness), Unit 7, The Croft Retail & Leisure Park, Welton Road, Bromborough, Wirral, CH62 3PN. Class will be in the Blue Party Room

diddi dance Chester, West Cheshire & North Wales will be running the following from 27th July until 17th August:

  • Mondays @ 9.45am – Danielle’s Dance And Theatre School, Mollington Grange, Parkgate Road, Chester. CH1 6NP
  • Fridays @ 9.45 @ – Danielle’s Dance And Theatre School, Mollington Grange, Parkgate Road, Chester. CH1 6NP

diddi dance Wolverhampton & South Staffordshire will be running the following classes from 4th August until 21st August:

  • Tuesdays @ 11.00am – Newhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 4AN
  • Thursdays @10.30am – Landywood Children’s Centre, Holly Lane, Great Wyrley, WS6 6AQ
  • Fridays @ 9.45am – The Red House, High Street, Albrighton, WV7 3LU
  • Fridays @ 11.30am – Essington Community Centre, Hobnock Road, Essington, WV11 2RF

diddi dance Cannock Chase, Litchfield, Sutton Coldfield & Surrounding will be running the following class from 2oth July until 18th August. All classes are £5 each pay on the day with a 20% discount if you bring siblings:

  • Mondays @ 9:45am – St Chads Church Hall, The Leasowe, Lichfield WS13 7HG
  • Mondays @ 11:45am – Mere Green Community Centre, Mere Green Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 5BT
  • Tuesdays 21st @10:00am – Cannock at Avon Centre, Avon Road, Cannock, WS11 1LH

diddi dance Leicestershire will be running the following classes all for £5 per class – you can reserve a space if you are interested in attended:

  • Saturday, 25th July and 8th August @ 10:00am – Glenfield Parish Council, Stamford street, Glenfield, LE38DL
  • Monday, 27th July and 10th August @ 11:00am – Woodhouse Community Hall, 272 Forest Road, Woodhouse, Loughborough, LE12 8UA
  • Sunday, 2nd and 16th August @ 10.30am – Shepshed High School, Forest Street, Loughborough, LE12 9DA

All classes are running as drop-in/pay as you go so you can just come to however many you can. If you have any questions about any of the information above contact your local diddi dance via our enquiry page.

So join us if you can for our Reggae Theme!

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diddi dance Essex at 3foot People Festival 2015

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diddi dance Jennifer and CarolineWe want to let you know that diddi dance Essex are attending the 3foot People Festival from Tuesday, 30 June – Thursday, 2 July.

The 3foot People Festival will return to Hylands Park on 30 June, 1 & 2 July 2015 to celebrate its 10th Anniversary.

This award winning event (Best Event 2014 Essex Mums, Best Festival 2014 Essex Tourism and Hospitality Awards, Best Outdoor Event 2014 Runner Up Primary Times Star Awards) curated especially for preschool children, welcomes nearly 13,000 big (and little) people across 3 days within the beautiful grounds of Hylands Estate.

Parents, carers and children will be overwhelmed with wonder as they experience this unique Festival. The village of tents, tepees and domes will host an array of activities and performances to inspire and entertain all day long.

diddi dance Essex will be among the entertainment everyday of the festival. They will be leading three 30 minute sessions each day at 10.00am, 11.30am &1.00pm at an area exclusively for them and some friends. So be sure to stop by and have a boogie with them!

For more information about the festival or to see who else is going to be there just click here.

 

If you can’t make it to the festival remember you can get your FREE trial by clicking here or any of our other locations via our Contact Page.

diddi dance Partners with Macmillan Cancer Support

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diddi dancers across the UK Dress Up and Dance to battle Cancer

We want all our diddi dancers to put on their dancing shoes this June as our classes have partner up with Macmillan Cancer Support to get little ones moving and grooving in aid of the charity’s Dress Up And Dance campaign.

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The national campaign is a perfect fit for us and we hope it will see parents & children don colourful, creative and whacky fancy dress to attend our classes all next week. To celebrate this year’s theme of ‘legends’, we will continue with our specially themed rock and roll classes encouraging families across the UK to show their best dance moves and rock out in their favourite costumes.

Founder of diddi dance, Anne-Marie Martin commented:

We are so proud and excited to be involved in Macmillan’s fantastic Dress Up And Dance campaign, it is a natural fit with our weekly dance classes and dressing up is something that we know all our little ones and families will thoroughly enjoy.

Macmillan is a charity that is especially close to our hearts and resonates with the whole diddi dance team as one of our very close colleagues was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year. The work of the charity to support everyone affected by cancer is truly remarkable and we hope that the money we raise next week helps Macmillan to continue their worthwhile and essential work to support those affected by cancer.

From Saturday 13 to Friday 19 June, diddi dance classes across the UK will be taking part in Macmillan Cancer Support’s Dress Up and Dance campaign. All we ask in return is a small donation for this wonderful charity. To find your local diddi dance class just click here.

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To join in the fun on social media simply look out for & use the hashtag #dressupanddiddidance

diddi dance Events in June

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Our diddi dance Franchisees are making the festival, fair and event rounds this summer and we want to make sure you know about them all! So if you are looking for a fun day out why not visit one of the events below!

Here’s what is happening during June:

diddi dance Wolverhampton & South Staffordshire will be at –

  • Network Funday West Park on Sunday 7th June at West Park, Wolverhampton from 11.30am-5.30pm. Short demonstrations/sessions will be run throughout the day.
  • All Saints Festival on Saturday 20th June is a community event run by All Saints Action Network at The Workspace in Wolverhampton. Open from 11.00am-4.00pm. Delivering one session from 2.00pm-2.30pm

 diddi dance South Manchester & North East Cheshire will be at –

  • Heaton Moor Park Summer Festival on Sunday, 4th June at Peel Moat Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport, SK4 4PH.
  • Bliss Manchester Buggy Push Charity Event on Saturday, 27th June at Heaton Park,
    Manchester, M25 2SW. A free session will be run at 10:00am.

 diddi dance Royal Borough of Greenwich, Lewisham, Rotherhithe & Bermondsey will be at –

  • Manor House Gardens Festival on Saturday, 20th June at Manor House Gardens in Lee running from 12pm to 8pm. A free session will be running in front of the main stage at at start of the festival.

If one of the above events is happening near you we hope you can stop by and say “Hi!”

diddi dance Franchisor and Franchise Director are award winners!

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Anne-Marie Martin and Rebecca Duschl were thrilled to have won two national awards in this year’s prestigious NatWest EWIF Awards.

The Encouraging Women into Franchising Awards aim to recognise and celebrate the work of women in the UK franchising industry and the awards ceremony, held in London on Tuesday 12th May, saw Anne-Marie, Founder & Franchisor of diddi dance, win the coveted Woman Franchisor of the Year sponsored by FranchiseFinance.

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Scooping two awards, we also saw Franchise Director, Rebecca, win the competitive Woman Franchise Employee of the Year sponsored by busibricks Franchise Manager.

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Anne-Marie commented about the wins:

I am overwhelmed with our success at the EWIF Awards. There were so many nominations for these awards and for both Rebecca & I to have won an award is just fantastic. diddi dance has come a long way since its beginning 12 years ago and with our amazing team & new developments such as holiday themes & CDs, I can’t wait to see it where it leads us next.

To read more about all the winners from the day just click here.

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For more information about EWIF and to become a member of this ever growing company/community just click here. Meetings held in all areas of the UK throughout the year.

 

To be a franchisee with this award winning company find out now Is It For You?

diddi dance Events in May

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Our diddi dance Franchisees are making the festival, fair and event rounds this summer and we want to make sure you know about them all! So if you are looking for a fun day out why not visit one of the events below!

Here’s what is happening during the rest of May –

diddi dance Winchester, Alton, Cranleigh & Surrounding will be at:

  • Town Park Festival on Saturday, 23rd May @ Alton Public Gardens from 10am to 8pm offering FREE sessions infront of their stall all day.

diddi dance South Manchester & North East Cheshire will be at:

  • Stockfest on Sunday, 24th May @ Stockley Working Farm, Arley, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6LZ. They will be running a FREE session at 11.30am.
  • Funtime Kids Funday on Sunday, 24th May – Unit 7 Bulkeley Ind Est, Brookfield Road, Cheadle, Stockport. They will be running FREE session at 2.30pm.

diddi dance Brighton, Worthing & Surrounding will be at:

  • Adur Family Funday on Sunday, 31st May @ Adur Recreation Ground, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN435LT.

diddi dance Brighton, Worthing & Surrounding & diddi dance Eastbourne, Uckfield & Hastings will both be at:

 

If one of the above events is happening near you we hope you can stop by and say “Hi!”

diddi dance Franchisor and Franchise Director nominated for EWIF awards!

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Founder & Franchisor Anne-Marie Martin and Franchise Director Rebecca Duschl have been announced as finalists in the 2015 NatWest EWIF Awards.

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Anne-Marie is a finalist for –
EWIF finalist logos-Woman Franchisor-1 copyand when asked about her nomination she said:

To be a finalist in this category is really thrilling. I appreciate and value the work EWIF do for encouraging, supporting & motivating women in business.

 

Rebecca is a finalist for –
EWIF finalist logos-Woman Franchise Employee-1 copyand she couldn’t be more excited to be nominated again this year in this category.

 

The winners will be announced on 12th May, 2015 so we will be keeping our fingers crossed for you two!

 

For more information about the EWIF Awards or to attend and see what it is all about for yourself go to http://www.ewif.org/the-natwest-ewif-awards-2015.html

diddi dance franchisees are Mum in the Know Winners!!!

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Amazing News! Two diddi dance franchisees and their diddi dance classes are award winners!mitk_winner-300x300The Mum in the Know award are voted for by their network of readers who have told them exactly what they love. After receiving over 3,000 nominations and 15,000 votes the winners were announced yesterday and we couldn’t be more pleased that two diddi dances won in their areas 🙂

diddi dance South Manchester & North East Cheshire, run by Lisa Lawson, won the best class for 2-4 year olds as voted for by Mums in the Know Heald Green, Wythenshawe & Gatley readers!

When asked about winning the award Lisa said:

A big huge THANK YOU to everyone who voted for us. WE WON! Woo hoo! AND the biggest thank you to Nadine Lear who’s classes were nominated in the first place. So proud of you and thank you for leading such fabulous, fun, high energy diddi dance classes for our little ones xxx

diddi dance North Shropshire, Central Cheshire & North West Staffordshire, run by Emma Hayward, also won the best class for 2-4 year olds as voted for by Mum in the Know Crewe & Nantwich readers!

Emma was also very excited about her diddi dance winning the award:

Yippeee!!! We have won the Mums in the Know best class for 2-4 year olds Crewe and Nantwich! Huge thank you to all of our lovely customers who voted for us and to my two fab teachers over in Cheshire – Sue and Carolyn who really do make their diddi dance classes completely and totally fantastic every day! Big thank you to Mums In The Know too and a well done to the runners up.

Once again congrats ladies! Well deserved.

 

New diddi dance classes starting in April

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Before everyone starts enjoying their long Easter weekend, we at diddi dance wanted to make sure you knew about all the new classes starting this month after the term break is over. Maybe there is a new one opening near you!

diddi dance North Shropshire, Central Cheshire & North West Staffordshire:

  • From 13th April, Mondays at 9:30am – Cosy Hall, Water Lane, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 7LD
  • From 17th April, Fridays at 11:00am – St James’ Hall, Lodge Lane, The Grove, Bridgnorth, WV155DD

diddi dance Essex:

  • NEW SATURDAY CLASS. From 18th April, 10.00am – St Mary’s Church Hall (Behind ASDA), North Shoebury Road, Shoeburyness, SS3 8UL

diddi dance Swindon, Wiltshire & South Gloucestershire:

  • From 17th April, Fridays at 11:00am – Christchurch Community Centre, Cricklade Street, Swindon, SN1 3HB
    Free parking at the church!

diddi dance Royal Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone, Hawkhurst & Surrounding:

  • From 23rd April, Thursdays at 9:30am – Crowborough Community Centre, Pine Grove, Crowborough, TN6 1FE

 

We hope you can join us for our next theme which starts in April:

Why not book your FREE trial for one of these new classes today! Simply visit our Contact Page to get in touch with your local diddi dance now. To sign up for one of the new classes head over to our Booking Page.

diddi dance nominated for What’s On 4 Awards!

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We couldn’t be happier at diddi dance that our customers enjoy our classes so much that they have once again nominated us for the What’s On 4 Junior Awards!

JuniorAwards_VoteForUsThe 2015 What’s On 4 Junior Awards celebrate the very best kid’s activity providers in the UK, Ireland and Australia. These major awards have been rewarding the very best activity providers, classes, places to go and people for 9 years now in the UK but they couldn’t do it without the votes and nominations from YOU – the experts!

diddi dance is once again nominated this year for:
Best National Pre-schooler Development Activity (2 to 5 years)

On top of that some of our franchisees and teachers have also been acknowledged for their hard-work and dedication to their classes and have been nominated as well.

Most Outstanding Activity Leader for the Under 5s – SOUTH 

  • Caroline Steele –Wiltshire
  • Joanna Oastler – East Sussex
  • Lousie Martin – SE Hampshire
  • Rebecca Duschl – London

Most Outstanding Activity Leader for the Under 5s – EAST

  • Hannah Speery – Leicestershire
  • Nicola Rogers – Leicestershire

We asked some of the nominees who are also franchisees how they felt about being recognised:

“Wow it feels fantastic to have received enough nominations to be through to the voting stages. The What’s On 4 Awards are very highly regarded with parents, so we’re really pleased.” – diddi dance Founder, Anne-Marie

“I was over the moon to hear I had made it through to the next stage of the What’s On 4 Awards. To feel valued by our lovely diddi dance parents makes it totally worthwhile.
I’m also very proud of my teacher Hannah making it through, as well, and thank her for her commitment and hard work.
To make the finals would be a fantastic achievement. ” – Nicola

“I am absolutely thrilled to be nominated for the ‘most outstanding activity award leader-South’. I have only been running since September and absolutely LOVE teaching diddi dance and seeing my children have fun and grow in confidence. I have met some great families and feel honoured to have received so much positive feedback and support so early on in my diddi dance career.” – Caroline

“I love being part of the diddi dance team. Knowing that the parents and grandparents who bring their children to class believe we deserve the recognition by nominating diddi dance as best national preschool class is the icing on the cake – being nominated myself as best preschool leader in the south is the cherry on the top! Thank you, thank you!” – Louise

“I am thrilled to have been nominated again this year as it’s a true validation of what we do at diddi dance. The fact that others enjoy our classes enough that they have taken the time to nominate us let’s me know it’s not just me having all the fun in class! These awards are voted for by parents and parents only want the best for their little one, so a nomination like this is such a privilege and an honour.” – Joanna

As you can read we all could not be happier to have such satisfied and supportive customers who reward us in such a fashion. For more information about the awards or if you would like to vote for diddi dance or any one of our activity leaders please go to: http://www.whatson4littleones.co.uk/award-voting.asp. Voting will close on Friday 1st May and the 2015 Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday 19th June. So stay tuned to see if we become a finalist!

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We would also like to take this moment to congratulate Lisa Lawson of diddi dance South Manchester & North East Cheshire & Emma Hayward of diddi dance North Shropshire, Central Cheshire & North West Staffordshire who have both been shortlisted for their Mums In the Know Awards 2015, as voted for by the readers of Mums in the Know Heald Green, Wythenshawe & Gatley and Crewe & Nantwich respectively. 2-4yr classThe winners will be announced on 11th April, 2015 so we will be keeping our fingers crossed for you two!

For more information about the award or to vote for Lisa’s diddi dance please visit: http://www.mumsintheknow.co.uk/healdgreen/2015/03/19/mitk-awards-2015-finalists/

To vote for Emma’s diddi dance please visit: www.mumsintheknow.co.uk/crewe/2015/03/21/mitk-crewe-nantwich-awards-nominations/

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