An action-packed Family Extravaganza featuring dancing, games and entertainment for children, babies and parents, takes place at London’s fabulous Clapham Grand on Saturday, 27th March 2010 … between 2:00pm and 5:00pm.

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If you’d rather book over the phone you can call any time on 08444 771 000

The event is the brainchild of acclaimed celebrity children’s entertainer and kids’ fitness guru Amanda Frolich, founder of Amanda’s Action Club. Youngsters will be invited to dance along to several fun routines with songs from Amanda’s new album, Fun, Fitness and Music which encourages children to get fit with their mums and dads.

Amanda will be performing on stage with New Beautiful South singer Alison Wheeler, who is guest vocalist on the album, which features original songs by Teletubbies composer Andrew McCrorie Shand and was produced by Simple Minds supremo  Jez Coad.

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO ORDER YOUR TICKETS

If you’d rather book over the phone you can call any time on 08444 771 000

Activities all included in the £10 ticket price (no charge for crawlers):

•  face painting
• balloon modelling
• live break-dancing on stage
• a safe and secure area will be available for babies.

There is plenty of pampering opportunities for mums including:

• Indian head massage
• mini-manicures and pedicures
• professional individual make-up tuition by cosmetics artist Carly Kent.

Award-winning personal stylist Lisa Talbot will be offering 15-minute taster sessions with insider secrets on how to organise your wardrobe, best buys and trends. Lisa was awarded Most Inspiring Newcomer by the International Federation of Image Consultants in recognition of her unique tailored services and enthusiasm. These extras are just £5 each, and a donation from profits will be made to the Ickle Pickles charity for premature and sick babies.

Snappy Snaps will also be on hand to take family photos with instant prints available to buy.

The event, ideally suited for children aged from babies to 12 years, takes place at the famous Clapham Grand nightclub, St John’s Hill, Clapham Junction, between 2pm and 5pm and a food box will be given to children at 3.30pm. Tickets can be bought via http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=373068 or if you’d rather book over the phone you can call any time on 08444 771 000.

“I want to bring back that fun element to Saturday afternoons which, to me, is traditional family time, with an event that helps children and parents reconnect in a memorable way,” said Amanda.

Event Details:

Date: Saturday 27th March 2010
Time:  2:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Clapham Grand, 21-25 St John’s Hill, Clapham Junction, London, SW11 1TT
Cost: £10 ticket price (no charge for crawlers)
Ages:  babies to 12 years

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO ORDER YOUR TICKETS

If you’d rather book over the phone you can call any time on 08444 771 000

Just one hour from London, Amanda’s Play Centre in Bicester, is a fantastically well-placed venue for any family from London, Oxford and the Cotswolds who wants to host a Kids Birthday Party.  For any family within that ‘magic triangle’ or the M25 ring – they can just scoot round to M40, Jcn 9 and you’re there – it’s practically on your door step.  So get yourself along to the child-friendly and well-appointed Amanda’s Play Centre at 42 Murdock Rd, Bicester, OX26 4PP: parking is plentiful & it’s FREE – open 7 days-a-week from 10am to 6pm.   Booking Amanda’s Play Centre for your own special Birthday Party couldn’t be easier: just telephone the Centre on 01869 325 544 or alternatively the Centre Manager, Claudine, on 0789 616 1841 and she’ll  take care of the rest!

And if you want to make a completely fantabulous day-out of it – why not pop along to the nearby Bicester Village Outlet Shopping with its 100+ Luxury Outlet Boutiques.  Their complementary opening hours of:
MON, TUES, WEDS & SUN 10AM – 6PM
THURS, FRI & SAT 10AM – 7PM
means that you can indeed ‘kill-two-birds-with-one-stone’ and make it a great day out for all the family. Even if you haven’t got a birthday: just drop the kids off at Amanda’s Play Centre and go shopping anyway at nearby Bicester Village Outlet Shopping … the kids’ll be safe and have fun  … whilst you shop ’til you drop and pick them up later when you’re done.

If you’ve never been to Bicester nor even heard of the Bicester Village, according to Global Refund Tax Free shopping, Bicester Village is the ’Numero Uno’ retail destination outside London for non-EU visitors. After 14 years of trading – approx 44% of Bicester Village brands are represented in the most exclusive of London’s full-price shopping streets, which include Sloane Street and Bond Street. Set near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) at the heart of rural Oxfordshire - Bicester Village enjoys a prime central location in England with exceptional transport links.  Also within striking distance are renowned tourist destinations, among them Blenheim Palace, the National Trust 19th Century Renaissance-style château Waddesdon Manor and Oxford with its fabled ‘dreaming spires’ …. and as if that wasn’t enough ‘attractions’ to tempt you to visit Bicester … they can now boast Amanda’s Play Centre as well  … “somebody stop me”…!

 Coming to the end of 2009 gives Amanda ample cause  to reflect on what a fantastic year it’s been.  As well as running the hundreds of classes and parties that’s basically par for the course for her, she’s also found time to go to China with her classes, signed-up some brand-new Amanda’s Action Club franchisees, produced a new music CD and video and most proudly … opened her very own Amanda’s Play Centre in Bicester, Oxon. Wow – that was a year that was!

Anyways after all that – it’s time for Amanda to take a well-earned rest  (well sort of)! All her classes have now closed for 2009 and if you check out the Classes page of this website you’ll see the January 2010 dates when they start back up again in their various locations. 

For those of you who live a bit outside Amanda’s hitherto traditional London catchment area, in the New Year, Amanda’s Action Club is being exported south, to the Southampton area – starting in January 2010 with Jolene leading the way initially on Mondays and Fridays.

Also a little way out from London is the fantastic new Amanda’s Play Centre  just off the M40 in Bicester, Oxfordshire. Over the course of the Holiday season, if the weather allows, you might want to pile the kids into the car and have a terrific day out – parking is free and it’s plentiful. If you check out the website you’ll see easy to follow directions to get you to Bicester and if you follow the link that’s called Amanda’s Video  you’ll see a 4 mins 45secs video that was shot during the Launch Day on 30th November - it gives a real feel for all that’s going on indoors at the Play Centre.

The Play Centre is usually open from 10:00am to 6:00pm every day but if you check out the Amanda’s Play Centre  website you’ll see the Holiday opening times, repeated below for your convenience:

Xmas/ New Year Opening/Closing Times
Thursday     24th December 2009 – Closed
Friday            25th December 2009 – Closed
Saturday       26th December 2009 – Closed
Sunday          27th December 2009 – Open as normal (10:00am-6:00pm)
Monday        28th December 2009 – Open as normal (10:00am-6:00pm)
Tuesday       29th December 2009 -  Open as normal (10:00am-6:00pm)
Wednesday 30th December 2009 – Open as normal (10:00am-6:00pm)
Thursday     31st December 2009 -  Open – closing early (10:00am-3:00pm)
Friday              1st January  2010 -    Closed
Saturday        2nd January  2010 – Open as normal (10:00am-6:00pm)

Phew! that’ll be about it for this year and we’ll sign-off with Amanda’s best holiday wishes to all her little ones (and big ones too) and she looks foward to seeing you all again in 2010. Have a great Holiday!

What are you doing on Tuesday 22nd December 2009 between 4:00pm – 6:00pm? Not a lot? In which case, get the car out … load the kids into the back and get yourself and your little ones into the Xmas Party mood with a fantastic Xmas Party Extravaganza at Amanda’s Play Centre in Bicester?

Amanda’s got all kinds of great stuff going on with her trademark Amanda’s Action Club Christmas Fun, Fitness and Music activities.  You’ll also find loads for kids of all ages to do with a Play Frame, Disco, Karaoke Fun. There’s also an excellent coffee-shop area for the older guests to enjoy whilst the little ones tear-it-up for a couple of hours.  There’ll be an appearance by Father Christmas with Xmas presents for all children. The ticket price includes a Kids Christmas Lunchbox special.

Tickets available now—Hurry limited availability!

Event Details @ Amanda’s Play Centre
Date: Tuesday 22nd December 2009
Time: 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Location: Amanda’s Play Centre, 42 Murdock Rd, Bicester, OX26 4PP
Parking: plentiful & FREE
Price:
£7 per child, Adults free !
£12 for 2 children
£17 for 3 children

For bookings and information, please call SARAH on 0785 527 6837 – otherwise email sarah@amandasactionkids.co.uk

Look amazing during the party season!

It’s just under 3 weeks until our next Action Mums Evening on Thursday 3rd December 2009 – which is again being held at the stunning Mare Moto Restaurant on Chelsea’s Kings Road.

Book your place now: by contacting Sarah on 0785 527 6837.

The evening kicks off at 8:00pm and as the party season will be in full swing, we have a make-up artist showing us the secrets to applying great looking eye make-up, and how to achieve sensational looking eyes!

Beauty Journalist, Tessa Evans Hurrell, will be sharing top beauty tips on how to look fantastic during the festive season.

The evening provides you an opportunity to meet with other like-minded mums, enjoy a glass of wine and a canapé or two.  The Action Mums Networking Event takes place between 8:00pm and 10:00pm and the £20 entrance fee includes wine and nibbles.

Event Details:
Date: Thursday 3rd December 2009
Time: 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Cost: £20 entrance fee MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE (includes glass of wine and nibbles)
Location: Mare Moto Restaurant
( on the King’s Road in Chelsea, just behind Stamford Bridge stadium)
562 King’s Road, Chelsea, SW6 2DZ

Places are limited, so book your place now by contacting SARAH on 0785 527 6837. Please be prepared to PAY IN ADVANCE – when you call Sarah to book she will take a payment of £20 by credit card: there is no payment on the night option – if you haven’t paid in advance you will NOT be catered for.

The Action Mums networking events are organised by celebrity children’s entertainer Amanda Frolich of Amanda’s Action Kids in West London.  Of her motivation for holding these events, Amanda says:  “I want to bring businesswomen together to find out more about each other’s work, how they can advise each other and make strategic connections and relationships.  Perhaps most importantly, they can find out tips on how to juggle everything. Whether you’re a successful businesswoman or you’re starting a kitchen table business, these events will be invaluable.”

Book your place now: by contacting Sarah on 0785 527 6837.

Personalise Your Amanda Fun, Fitness & Music Album Today – only £15.99 + p&p !

For those of you who’ve already got Amanda’s Music CD, you’ll know better than anyone how popular the music is with your toddler, either at home or in the car! You can just see them bouncing along to the music and imagining that they’re at their Amanda classes – great stuff, isn’t it?

Well, here’s the latest innovation from Amanda that we’re sure her many infant and toddler parents will just love:

If you’d like to have your child’s picture and a ’special message’ imprinted on your own personalised copy of Amanda’s very latest Fun, Fitness & Music Album (as shown in the example above) – you’ll be able to submit your ’special message’ and a suitable picture of your infant/toddler directly from your computer via Amanda’s bespoke ‘customisation’ form.

Personalise Your Amanda Fun, Fitness & Music Album Today – only £15.99 + p&p.  A great gift for Christmas!

Suitable for infants and toddlers aged 4 months to 4 years.

How to Buy Your ‘Personalised’ CD:

1. First off, get yourself along to Amanda’s Shop.
2. Enter your “personalisation” details for your CD into the bespoke  form that you’ll find there.
3. Type in your ”Special Message” of not more than 100 characters – there’s clever little ‘counter’ thing that tells you how many characters you’ve got left. 
4. Select an appropriate picture of your little-one from your computer by using the ‘browse’ button on the form.
5. Ensure your images are .jpg or .gif and (ideally) under 1mb in size. Larger images will result in a slower service.
6. After you have completed the ‘personalisation’ form you will be automatically forwarded to PayPal to complete the payment element of the transaction.
7. Once your payment has successfully arrived with Amanda – your picture and ’special message’ will be ‘personalised’ on to the front of the CD (like we’ve shown in the example on the right ) and despatched to you by 1st class post. 

That’s all there is to it.  Hours of fun and frolics await you … and your little ones … and their friends … you get the idea!

Wow, as if Action Amanda hadn’t  already got the busiest life-style of anybody we know – she’s gone and committed to another fantastic new venture: Amanda is aiming to breathe new life into the old Mad Hatters Play Centre at 42 Murdock Rd, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4PP.

Commencing on  Sunday 29th November with a star-studded OPEN DAY … Alison Wheeler (of Beautiful South fame) is going to host the grand-opening and also do a little bit of performing too.  Alison is one of the many celebrity Mums who take their toddlers to Amanda’s classes and Alison says: “you look for classes to occupy the baby’s day – or at least that was my initial thought. However, having taken several different classes, I can honestly say Amanda’s classes are the most entertaining. I will always have a soft preferential spot for Amanda’s class. She challenges traditional stereotypes for music classes and their teachers. She also encourages mothers to stop and think of the educational and developmental benefits of different elements in her class.”

OPEN DAY - Sunday 29th November 2009
Amanda’s Play Centre
Time: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Location: 42 Murdock Rd, Bicester, OX26 4PP
Parking: plentiful & FREE
Price: half-price @ £2 per child
NB: also there’ll be an initial £1 registration fee that will entitle the registrant to a Loyalty Card that will accrue benefits over time for regular attendance: everybody who registers will be entered into a special draw on the day with a super prize of a Voucher for a FREE Amanda Party (value £250!)

What else can you expect of this new exciting venture?

• It’s Amanda’s intention to open 7 days a week from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
• Amanda will completely overhaul the catering side with a new ‘healthy’ menu of eating and drinking produce
• The Centre will receive the full Amanda flourish with her philosphy of Fun, Fitness and Music taking centre stage
• All Amanda sessions are action packed examples of early childhood education and children are encouraged, through exercise and movement, to have fun and let off steam
• Meanwhile parents /carers can relax and socialise in the cafe area – safe in the knowledge that their little ones are enjoying a great experience.

Want to get involved?
Obviously Amanda can’t do it all on her own and whilst she’s already got her own group of part-time helpers for her various ventures throughout London, she’s also on the look-out for help from people in Bicester who think they’ve got the right kind of instincts and may be interested in getting involved. Amanda’s looking for local Bicester people to fill various part-time / full-time (tbc) roles and local Bicester companies to work with:

• Catering staff to help prepare and serve her ‘healthy’ menu
• Lively enthusiastic ’leaders’ with a sport, leisure, dance type background, ideally in a pre-school children educational setting
• Local Bicester food/produce companies who may be interested in supplying  Amanda’s Play Centre
• Local Bicester companies who may be interested in engaging in promotional / marketing arrangements at Amanda’s Play Centre

If you think any of the above is right for you – then call Amanda for more info on 07946 707 695.

Amanda is pleased to announce that she is getting together with Spacekraft Ltd to market a range of Amanda play products and music CDs.

West Yorkshire based Spacekraft Ltd are the leader in Multi-Sensory Products and Solutions and they were primarily established to develop and manufacture a full range of sensory products that provide genuine solutions for carers and teachers who face the difficult challenges of special needs people.

Drawing on the expertise of professionals working in the field, SpaceKraft has created an unrivalled range of sensory products that come with a built-in seal of approval from people  who have real experience of the demands made on sensory products in a Multi-Sensory Environment.

If you wish to know more about what Spacekraft has to offer – apart from Amanda products of course: check out their website (http://www.spacekraft.co.uk ) where you can peruse and purchase products on-line or alternatively you can just order one of their brochures ‘on-line’ to be sent to you so you can browse it at your leisure ‘off-line’ or share it with friends and colleagues.

Amanda’s thrilled to be able to give her unqualified support to a fundraising evening in Parsons Green on 14 November 2009 for CHASE Children’s Hospice.

This is the 4th year that the event has been held. The event aims to raise £50,000 for CHASE Children’s Hospice who are the most amazing charity, providing wonderful support for both children and parents facing the most challenging issues that anyone may ever face.  
The party is to be held at the smart Alfa Romeo showroom in Parsons Green (right next to the tube) and will have a spectacular line-up of sparkling entertainment. It also includes a wonderful selection of food and drinks (all donated by local suppliers). This year it is expected that 400 people will attend. It costs £50 per person (£100 per couple) and includes all food and drink.  All the money raised goes to the charity and even if you can’t make it along on the night, you can still participate and donate directly on-line @ Just Giving.
 
At the Parsons Green evening event, an incredible line-up includes:

-  The BB Collective, an amazing 8 piece soul and motown band
-  Tom Morley, ex Scritti Politti drummer
-  The brilliant comedian, Caroline Mabey, straight from her hit Edinburgh show
-  The fabulous magician, Magic Mike
-  An amazing professional photographer on hand

The legendary auction and raffle prizes include:

-  Holidays in Venice, Italy, France, Guatemala and an all-inclusive Sandals holiday
-  VIP back stage tickets to the Isle of White Festival
-  Leading Cuban musician playing for you in your own home
-  Dinner for two at The Ivy
-  An Alfa Romeo for the weekend

The food will be fabulous and includes a master selection from Michelin starred chef  Thierry Laborde. The drinks will be amazing including wonderful champagne cocktails, classic wines, organic beers and soft drinks.

If you’d like to know more about this special evening for CHASE Children’s Hospice, please contact:
Janine Clements on  Mobile: 07779 806797

Amanda announces the 2nd in her series of Action Mums’ high speed networking events – to be held in the splendidly appointed Mare Moto Restaurant in Chelsea on Thursday 1st October.

Book your place now: by contacting Keely Buston – keely@yournewperspectives.com or call 07979 863012.

The evening provides busy working Mums with an opportunity to connect with other like-minded professional women, in a relaxed and informal setting on Chelsea’s bustling King’s Road – courtesy of the Mare Moto Restaurant.

For this event we will be joined by Life Coach, Sue Bown, who will be giving tips on how to achieve the work life balance for working Mums - a session you cannot afford to miss!

Event Details:
Date: Thursday 1st October 2009
Time: 8:00pm to 10:30pm
Cost:  £20 entrance fee PAY ON THE DAY (includes glass of wine and nibbles)
Location: Mare Moto Restaurant ( on the King’s Road in Chelsea, just behind Stamford Bridge stadium)
562 King’s Road, Chelsea, London, SW6 2DZ

Book your place now: by contacting Keely Buston – keely@yournewperspectives.com or call 07979 863012.