What's On 4 Winners!
Thanks to parents and friends of Twins at Totstime, Twins at Totstime have been awarded the Most Outstanding Baby & Toddler Group in the UK at the What's on 4 Junior Awards 2015!! On Friday 19th June Jacqui Dixon, Ros Chadwin and Gemma Newberry attended the prestigious What's On 4 2015 Junior Awards in association with Konfidence & Drayton Manor. This exciting awards programme, which is supported by babyworld.co.uk, is now in its 9th year and celebrates the best activities, classes, volunteers and venues from throughout the UK as nominated and voted for by the experts - parents and parents-to-be. It was announced in May that Twins at Totstime were a finalist in the category of Most Outstanding Baby and Toddler Group, which means that we are in the top few providers in the UK as voted for by parents! This has been a record-breaking year for the What's On 4 Junior Awards having received 100,000 votes in total from all across the UK, Ireland and Australia. The awards cover 22 different categories ranging from 'Best Pre/Post Natal Activity' to the 'Most Outstanding Community Group Volunteer for children'. From March 11th to May 1st 2015, parents logged onto the award winning on-line directories -http://www.whatson4littleones.co.uk, http://www.whatson4schoolkids.co.uk andhttp://www.whatson4kidsparties.co.uk - to vote for their favourite clubs, groups, classes and party entertainers from all of the nominees that qualified. Every children's activity, class, volunteer and party supplier in the country had the chance to be nominated, thus ensuring the awards are a true representation of the commitment of the UK's parents and carers to recognise and reward the very best! Marilyn Bradshaw & Bev O'Sullivan from What's On 4 UK: "Even after a HUGE awards programme last year, 2015 has seen our BIGGEST and most exciting awards to date! We have we received a record number of votes and all of our finalists should be very proud to be held in such high esteem by the nation's parents."
Jacqui, Ros and Gemma took to the stage to receive the award on behalf of the families at Twins at Totstime. Jacqui, founder of Twins at Totstime: "Twins at Totstime is a not-for-profit parent and toddler group for families with multiples, run by volunteers. The group was formed in August 2011 by myself with the incredible support of good friends and fellow twin Mum's Ros and Kirsty. We needed a place where our twins could play in a safe environment and parents could relax in the knowledge that they won't be judged if their children cry or fight over the same toy. To date we have 157 registered families. We support families weekly through our play-session and also daily through a private online community group. Gemma, is one of our twin mum's that attends the sessions frequently and can tell you herself, the benefits of going to a twin club..." Gemma "I have attended Twins at Totstime now for 2 and a bit years, I wouldn't know what I would have done without the group due to the help, advice and support!! Also I have made some life long friends and will continue to volunteer once my boys who are two and half go pre school in sept as it I want to give back."
It was an absolutely fabulous day and to receive the award is a fantastic achievement for our group. Thank you to everyone who has made Twins at Totstime the amazing multiples group it is!
