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.

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO ORDER YOUR TICKETS

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

 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.

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 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.

A bit of advance notice for Sunday 19th July 2009 – for some outdoor entertainment led by Amanda: with another Amanda Baby EXTRAVAGANZA!
* for infants 0 – 18 months
To book for this event, please call SARAH on  0785 527 6837 – otherwise email her at sarah@amandasactionkids.co.uk.
Location:
Wandsworth Common (adjacent to the Common Ground Cafe Bar)
Off Dorlcote Rd, London, SW1 3RT

Agenda:
a fun-filled 2 hour party agenda from 2:30pm to 4:30pm
- 2:30pm to 2:45pm = registration
- 2:45pm to 3:30pm = entertainment with Amanda (this session is aimed at getting the Dads involved in activities with the infant, whilst Mum indulges in a bit of ‘pampering’)
- 3:30pm to 4:00pm = Buffet/Refreshment
- 4:00pm to 4:30pm = Boogie with your baby!

Amanda’s Price – £10 per family
(’family’ = parents + infant) – you MUST book in advance

Wandsworth Common (adjacent to Common Ground Cafe Bar)
Off Dorlcote Road
London
SW18 3RT

PAMPERING

• ‘pampering’ will continue throughout the afternoon for those who wish it:  there will be 2 therapists in attendance with spaces for 16 x sessions for people to receive treatments (in 15 minute timed-slots)
• treatments on offer are file & paint (nails) and accupressure seated massage, both at £10 per session: to ensure you get a place you must book by telephoning Kathy in advance on 07947 475686.

  PS: This is an outdoor event but if the weather is unsuitable we will have to cancel and arrange for another day.

  To book for this event, please call SARAH on  0785 527 6837 – otherwise email her at sarah@amandasactionkids.co.uk.

Dateline: just before midnight on Thursday 11th June 2009 and Amanda Frolich is appearing on the Richard Bacon show on BBC Radio 5 Live! to talk about her very successful Amanda’s Action Kids party business.  This was a follow-up activity to an earlier interview that Amanda had given to Business reporter for the BBC World Service Tim Jenkins – the full text of which you can read on the BBC News Channel website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8091823.stm.

Appearing on the bill just after a lady sword-swallower, wasn’t quite the best warm-up act for Amanda, but she did her best to lighten the mood of the evening by chatting about her party business in her usual enthusiastic way.  Well done Amanda!

NB: The image that you can see in this post is a snapshot taken from the BBC 5 Live! webcam and shows Amanda, in her distinctive Amanda’s Action Kids white uniform with her back to the camera - sitting opposite the interviewer Richard Bacon and his other studio guests.

The Childcare & Nursery Show takes place at Olympia Two from 26th – 27th June 2009.  And as if that wasn’t enough to whet your appetite, Amanda will be ’struttin-her-stuff’ on Friday 26th June 2009 between 3:15pm to 3:45pm, when she does her Lets Get ‘Fizz-ical’ session for the assembled Nursery professionals.

The exhibition is dedicated to all nursery owners, managers, nursery group executives and professional childcarers. The two-day event is a dynamic market place, learning zone and forum for its industry. Designed to inspire, entice, stimulate and inform all visitors.  So if you have to make a choice of the 2 days in terms of attendance – make sure that you opt for the Friday afternoon and give Amanda your support.

The Childcare & Nursery Show is the UK’s most established nursery business event; it’s free to attend and provides unrivalled opportunities for visitors to source and experience the very best – in day-nursery and childcare sector products and services.

Why not come along, seize the opportunities available to you and see exactly how the Childcare & Nursery Show can keep you one step ahead of the competition?
The following are links to the show’s website home and registration pages:
http://www.nurseryshow.co.uk/index.asp

http://www.blaxx.net/2009/cns09/reg/

 “I make a point of asking every working mother I meet: ‘How on earth do you manage? What’s your secret?’ It’s like we’re all trying to find the holy grail.”
 TV presenter Myleene Klass, May 16, 2009

Amanda announces a new high speed networking event for ‘mumprenuers’ taking place in June to give support, advice – and a bit of a breather – to working mothers in London! A variation on speed dating, our ‘mumprenuers’ will have the opportunity to ’speed-network’ during the event, so everyone has the opportunity to introduce their businesses to one another. After two minutes a bell is heard and you swap partners, and carry on until everyone in the event has met.

Register for the event by e-mailing sarah@amandasactionkids.co.uk with the following information: Your name, address, business and 50 words about the business/service you provide.

Your business details will appear on a list for all attendees to take away afterwards, making sure that you get the opportunity to make your business known to everyone attending the event.

Event Details:
Date: Thursday 18th June 2009
Time: 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Cost:  £15 entrance fee PAY ON THE DAY (includes wine and nibbles)
Location: Deep Sea Food Restaurant
The Boulevard, Imperial Wharf
Chelsea, SW6 2UB
http://www.deeplondon.co.uk
Car Parking: You can drive straight in to Deep as there is car parking available on site in their underground car park.   It costs £1.70 per hour during weekdays.  If in doubt of any of the arrangements for which Deep have a responsibility their contact telephone number is:  020 7736 3337.

Career women who become mums, notoriously find themselves juggling a million different responsibilities and often become stressed and isolated by the numerous demands on their time. This special networking  event, on 18th June, will be held at Chelsea’s waterside Deep Sea Food Restaurant, famous as the trendy backdrop for Gordon Ramsey’s The F-Word programme.

The event has been organised by celebrity children’s entertainer Amanda Frolich, of Amanda’s Action Kids in West London. “I’ve been entertaining babies and toddlers for years and find, time and time again, that mothers need a way of connecting with each other. That need increases ten-fold when they go back to work and don’t have the time to go to playgroups, NCT groups or coffee mornings – the traditional ways for mums to meet up,” says Amanda, herself a mother of one.

“I want to bring business-women 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 business-woman or you’re starting a kitchen table business, these events will be invaluable.”

The inaugural event will lead on to regular meetings and Amanda intends to set up an online resource centre that members can access. There will be speakers at each meeting, pampering treatments and an image consultant who will share secrets on how looking good will help you win business.

Journalist and mother to a three-year-old, Tessa Evans Hurrell added:  “Going back to work in a male-dominated newspaper office after having a baby was very daunting, particularly juggling childcare, my daughter’s needs and being a good employee. Two years later I left the newspaper to go self-employed but there is a whole range of other plates to spin and so I am constantly looking for advice on how to keep them all spinning at the same time. As Myleene Klass found, the best suggestions always come from other working mums.”

Register for the event by e-mailing sarah@amandasactionkids.co.uk with the following information: Your name, address, business and 50 words about the business/service you provide.

Your business details will appear on a list for all attendees to take away afterwards, making sure that you get the opportunity to make your business known to everyone attending the event.