The Creation Station celebrated 18 years of inspiring imaginations at our annual conference with franchise partners. Our franchisees received a personalised gift box with strict instructions not to open until the BIG night!
After such a challenging year, it was wonderful to celebrate our awesome family of franchise partners in our zoom conference - with the theme 'Survive & Thrive'
We reviewed some of the many things we have done this year, including:
- Daily Facebook lives and resources to support families through lockdown. With a reach of over 500,000
- 5,500+ Families supported with free craft packs and courses and 46 charities supported.
- Reduction in fees for the franchisees, including a 3-month free period
- 7,000+ 5-Star reviews on Trustpilot from our customers, about our experiences both online and running them safely face to face
- Development and launch of a new online training portal
- New income streams developed to provide online courses and safe craft packs
- Creation Station specific COVID Training Course for our franchises to show completion
- Production of a Survive & Thrive manual - updated over 13 times
- Restructuring our business to make us more robust to deal with the challenges
- Working with Home-Start and 45 other charities to creatively inspire over 5,500 families
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB4pjm-6UqM&ab_channel=TheCreationStation
The gift boxes were opened and each franchise partners received a very well deserved 'You Are Awesome' award.
"I am so proud of our outstanding team of franchise owners and head office creative crew. Ths conference was a great way of celebrating how we have collaborated and what we have achieved together so far this 2020" Sarah Cressall - Founder and Managing Director of The Creation Station.
We are pleased to announce our following winners...
The fantastic award winners are as follows:
A New Special Award - The Creation Station Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Winner - Vicky Whitwell - The Creation Station Coventry West
Please Make Me Feel Special Award 2020
Winner - Alexis Jervis -The Creation Station Newcastle Under Lyme
Inspiration Award 2020
Winner - Alix Purton - The Creation Station Orpington and Hayes
Bravery Boots Award 2020
Winner - Nicola Gillaspy - The Creation Station Nottingham North-West
Best Can-Do Attitude 2020 - Winners
Joanna Cameron - The Creation Station Lancaster
and Vickie Gilliver - The Creation Station Southport
Create Club Champion 2020 - Winners
Emma McCalla-John - The Creation Station Harborne & Bartley Green
and Judith Coles - The Creation Station Charnwood
BDM-Keeping Us Going Award 2020
Emma Winterbourne - The Creation Station Thame & Aylesbury West
Kirsty Hickson - The Creation Station Driffield
Louise Richardson - The Creation Station Fareham
Tracy Prescott - The Creation Station Horwich, Lostock and Westhoughton
Best New Franchise Owner 2020
Winner – Avne Wilson - The Creation Station Sutton Coldfield
Highly Commended – Claire O'Hara from The Creation Station Halifax
and Hannah Goodrum from The Creation Station North Norwich
Franchisee of The Year 2020
Winner - Emma Winterbourne - The Creation Station Thame
Tracy Prescott - The Creation Station Horwich, Lostock and Westhoughton
We are incredibly proud and grateful to our fabulous franchise partners. Together we are making a positive difference, especially when it has been most needed.
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