These are your 2024 Essex Mums Awards winners. Thank you to everyone who voted and congratulations to the winners!
Best Baby Group or Class
Winner: Baby Sensory
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Highly Recommended:
Hartbeeps
Teenie Rockets
Best Toddler Group or Class
Winner: Little City
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Highly Recommended:
Jungle Jive Music
Tiny Toes Ballet Essex Mid & South
Best Group Class for Young Children
Winner: Teenie Rockets
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Highly Recommended:
Little City
Tiny Toes Ballet Essex Mid & South
Best Group or Class for Older Children
Winner: The Drama Centre
Website:
https://www.thedramacentre.co.uk
Highly Recommended:
Dance Trix
The Dance Exclusive
Best Group or Class for Children With a Disability
Winner: Sensory Seekerz
Website:
https://www.sensoryseekerz.com
Highly Recommended:
Cake Club SEND Group
Little Heroes ASD Support Group
Best Independent Group or Class (non-franchise)
Winner: Mer-Mummies
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Highly Recommended:
Cake Club
Quackers
Best New Group or Class
Winner: Little Sisters & Misters Club
Website:
https://www.littlesistersparties.co.uk
Highly Recommended:
LullaBaby Hullbridge
Sensory Seekerz
Best Support Group
Winner: Mums Matter
Website:
www.haveringmind.org.uk/services/mums-matter/
Highly Recommended:
Daisy First Aid
Trustlinks Dads Club
Best Sports Club
Winner: South Essex Gymnastics Club
Website:
https://www.southessexgymnasticsclub.com
Highly Recommended:
Mini Athletics South West Essex
Young Ballerz Basketball
Best Swim School
Winner: Mini Swimming
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Highly Recommended:
Little Otters
Bobbin Babes
Best Holiday Camp or Club
Winner: Kids Camp Essex
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Highly Recommended:
Jack of All Sports
MiniMe Mindfulness
Best Place to Eat for Families
Winner: Pizza Express
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Highly Recommended:
Harvester
Mace Playce
Best Day Out – Indoors
Winner: Sealife Adventure
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Highly Recommended:
Monkey Bizzness Hockley
Ninja Warrior Chelmsford
Best Day Out – Outdoors
Winner: Colchester Zoo
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Highly Recommended:
Hopefield Animal Sanctuary
Call of The Wild Zoo
Best Soft Play Centre
Winner: Mace Playce
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Highly Recommended:
Monkey Bizzness Hockley
Little Monsters
Best Museum
Winner: Chelmsford Museum
Website:
https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/museums/
Highly Recommended:
Colchester Castle Museum
East Anglian Railway Museum
Best Event – Easter
Winner: Easter Extravaganza, Audley End Miniature Railway
Website:
https://audley-end-railway.co.uk
Highly Recommended:
Easter EGGstravaganza, Marsh Farm
Easter Fun Day, The Party Kingdom
Best Event – Summer
Winner: Essex Family Fest, by Mind in Havering, Barking & Dagenham
Website:
https://www.essexfest.co.uk/essex-family-fest
Highly Recommended:
Bubble and Bop, Marsh Farm
Horrible Histories, The Drama Centre
Best Event – Halloween
Winner: Shriek Week & Halloween Trail, Colchester Zoo
Website:
https://www.colchester-zoo.com/event
Highly Recommended:
Halloween Events at Cammas Hall
Halloween Festival, Marsh Farm
Best Event – Christmas
Winner: Christmas Special, Audley End Miniature Railway
Website:
https://audley-end-railway.co.uk/
Highly Recommended:
Magic of Christmas, Colchester Zoo
Havering Christmas Land
Best Party Entertainer
Winner: The Little Princess Parlour
Website:
https://www.thelittleprincessparlour.co.uk
Highly Recommended:
Magic Dave
Little Sisters and Misters
Best Soft Play or Bouncy Castle Hire
Winner: Mega Inflatables
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Highly Recommended:
Chris’ Toy Box and Bouncy Castles
Monster Inflatables
Best Cakes or Cupcakes
Winner: Gem Gems Cakery
Website:
https://www.instagram.com/gem.gems.cakery/
Highly Recommended:
Sugar Lump Lane
The Secret Fairy Cakes
Best Family Photographer
Winner: Lou Sutton Photography
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Highly Recommended:
Memory Maker Photography
Snap Happy Babies
Best Service for Families
Winner: Daisy First Aid
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Highly Recommended:
Hypnobirthing with Charlotte
Ultimate Event Childcare
Best Product for Families
Winner: Ikea Highchair
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Highly Recommended:
Daisy First Aid Kit
Rossi Ice Cream
Best Local Shop for Babies or Children
Winner: Argosy Toys
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Highly Recommended:
KidEco Lakeside
Whites Farm Baby Barn
Best Independent Online Shop for Families
Winner: Fred and Noah
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Highly Recommended:
Chris’ Toy Box
Marni Makes
Best Nursery, Pre-School or Childminder
Winner: Munchkins Nursery
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Highly Recommended:
Buttercup Montessori Kindergarden
Jesters Danbury Preschool
Best Fitness Class for Parents
Winner: Super Mumma Fitness
Website:
https://www.supermummafitness.co.uk
Highly Recommended:
Mer – Mummies
The Dance Exclusive
Best blog
Winner: Really No Such Thing As Bad Weather
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Highly Recommended:
Man Behaving Dadly
The Twentyish Mum
Special mention for contribution to the local community
Winner: Off The Streets
Website:
https://www.offthestreetsessex.org.uk
Highly Recommended:
Cake Club
Samantha Churchill, Abbey Performing Arts
