About

Panash

Director

Panash founded Cambridge Kids Club in 2011 after doing a management buyout of Cambridge Childcare LLP. Panash studied for his undergraduate degree at the University College London. Panash has always had an interest in the childcare sector and after finishing his MBA at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School in 2009 he was presented with an opportunity to take on the role of MD of Cambridge Childcare LLP. With his passion for running his own business he carried out a management buyout and took over the running of two clubs from Cambridge Childcare LLP. Today Cambridge Kids Club has grown into multi setting provider, operating numerous clubs around Cambridgeshire and running clubs of all sizes from those attended by 85 children daily to smaller clubs with only 15/20 children attending daily.

Trustee of Play England – In 2018, Panash also took on the challenge of supporting Play England. Play England vision “Is for England to be a country where everybody can fully enjoy their right to play throughout their childhood and teenage years…”

Panash can be contacted at panash@cambridgekidsclub.com should you wish to contact him.

Diego

Club Coordinator

Our Club Coordinator is Diego. He is Italian and came to UK in 2008. He started his career with Cambridge Childcare LLP as a playworker. Over the years he then studied Playwork NVQ Level 3, which gave him the opportunity to become a key worker and playleader at one of the Cambridge Kids Club settings. His passion and interests to better understand ‘children’s play’ and ‘development’ led him to study for a Foundation Degree in Early Years, which he completed in 2015. Diego continued to study further with the Open University where he studied for a BA (Hons) in Childhood and Youth Studies, which he completed in 2017.

All the years that Diego has been with us has given him the opportunity to cover many different roles and to fully understand the role of a playworker from a 360 view point, in both direct contact with children and away from children in his head office role. In his role as a Development Coordinator Diego organised and led in house training in playwork for our new staff. He has Play-lead at a number of CKC clubs, both small and big clubs, as well as supervised multiple clubs on a daily basis. Diego dedicates his free time to coaching a basketball team for young people in the local community. He is also passionate about photography and travel.

Adele

Senior Playleader

Our Senior Play Leader is Adele, who overseas the running of the Meridian, Bourn and Cottenham clubs. Adele has worked at CKC for a number of years now and was previously working for Cambridge Childcare LLP. Adele has many years of experience working in the sector and came to kids club with good knowledge of running an out of school club. Adele is a very passionate about working with children. Adele holds a number of childcare related qualifications, including a Level 3 Diploma in Playwork. Adele has also recently took on the responsibility in putting together CKC Holiday Programmes.

Amalia

Senior Playleader & Recruitment and HR Coordinator

Amalia is one of our Senior Playleaders, who has worked in multiple settings and is currently overseeing the Wacky club in Shelford. Amalia started with CKC in 2012 as a holiday club playworker. Amalia took BSc Psychology with Child Studies at University and after finishing she joined Cambridge Kids Club full time. Over the years Amalia has progressed through the roles from Playworker, up to Senior Playleader and completed her Level 3 NVQ in Childcare. In more recent years Amalia has taken on the role of Recruitment and HR Coordinator, overseeing our Safe Recruitment processes. She also helps oversee the in-house Playwork training, with Diego. Since having her own children, Amalia now works part time on Mondays and Fridays.

Kate

Kate started with CKC in 2017 and has worked across multiple settings alongside working in the office. Currently Kate ensures all staff have completed the relevant training and supports staff in their career progression within CKC.

Kate has a background in Early Years and has a Level 4 in Early Years and Childcare Practice. Prior to joining CKC Kate was a room leader at a nursery. Kate now works part time alongside raising her 3 children.

Gemma

Gemma initially started with Cambridge Kids Club in 2012, a qualified practitioner with a Level 3 Children and Young People Workforce and a Level 2 Childcare Learning Development, she quickly worked her way up to Play leading a club. She went on to progress further to Senior Play leader, and can now be found across 3 settings; Queen Edith, St Pauls and Oaks. When Gemma isn’t in the settings, she dedicates her time to being the Office Operations Manager, overseeing all bookings and coordinating staff working patterns. With her Level 3 Business Admin, Level 2 Customer Services and with over 10 years experience in the company, Gemma is not only a friendly face but an extremely knowledgeable first point of contact for both parents and staff members.