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The annual Parent Champions Awards recognise and celebrate the work of Parent Champions volunteers and coordinators. Coram Family and Childcare’s 41 Parent Champion schemes reach almost 50,000 families a year (2023/24). Thanks to the amazing work of more than 350 Parent Champions volunteers, parents and carers are supported by their peers in their own communities.

Leila Dantes-Michael from Lewisham, and Jasmine Wilson-Daze from Norfolk are the joint winners of the Parent Champions Coordinator of the Year Award 2025.

The annual Parent Champions Awards recognise and celebrate the work of Parent Champions volunteers and coordinators. Coram Family and Childcare’s 41 Parent Champion schemes reach almost 50,000 families a year (2023/24). Thanks to the amazing work of more than 350 Parent Champions volunteers, parents and carers are supported by their peers in their own communities.

We are hugely passionate about the Parent Champions programme, and we appreciate how much you all do for your communities. It is wonderful to bring all the schemes together for the conference and to celebrate your achievements. Through your work, we all know how important creating a supportive community is to families and we are very proud to support such an amazing group of Coordinators and Volunteers.

The annual Parent Champions Awards recognise and celebrate the work of Parent Champions volunteers and coordinators. Coram Family and Childcare’s 41 Parent Champion schemes reach almost 50,000 families a year (2023/24). Thanks to the amazing work of more than 350 Parent Champions volunteers, parents and carers are supported by their peers in their own communities.

“It takes a village”. The annual Parent Champions Awards recognise and celebrate the work of Parent Champions volunteers and coordinators.

Working parents of children under three in England now pay less than half of last year’s cost for a part-time nursery place according to the first annual childcare survey to be published since the government roll-out of childcare support began in April 2024.

Parent Champions are parent volunteers who give a few hours a week to talk to other parents about the local services available to families. They help families in their local area, including isolated or marginalised families, to find out about childcare and services available.

As National Storytelling Week 2025 begins we are excited to share the story of the first year of our ‘Books Together’ programme.