Full of Beans Fitness News

Full of Beans in Top 20 & Finalist at Club Hub Awards

nicky@fullofbeansfitness.co.uk — Mon, 12 May 2025 19:13:11 GMT

Full of Beans couldn't be prouder to be a finalist in Franchise of the Year and also number 15 in Top 100 Activity Providers !

Full of Beans Celebrates at the Club Hub Awards 2025!

We’re over the moon to share that Full of Beans has been recognised as one of the Top 20 Activity Providers in the UK for 2025 — and we were also proud finalists in the 'Best Franchise with under 15 Franchisees' category at this year’s Club Hub Awards! Official finalist certificate presented by Level Up Business Coaching & Consulting

Our founder Nicky Adams took to the stage to represent the Full of Beans team — a proud moment that reflects the hard work, heart, and community spirit behind everything we do.

Between the excitement and celebrations, we took a moment to unwind in the beautifully designed Mindfulness Room, created by the lovely team at @mitchytichyoga. It was the perfect place to reflect, breathe, and recharge.

Recognised Nationally

We were proudly featured as one of Club Hub’s Top 20 Providers of 2025, highlighting our mission to get children moving, feeling confident, and loving physical activity.

In Print!

You can find us in the official Club Hub Awards magazine, alongside other outstanding children's activity providers. A big thank you to @ClubHubUK for hosting such a meaningful and energising event. You can read a copy here ; https://clubhubuk.co.uk/club-hub-event-2025/top-100-childrens-activity-providers/

A Big Thank You

This recognition wouldn’t be possible without our amazing team, passionate franchisees, supportive schools, and incredible families. Every session, every smile, every bit of feedback — it all contributes to what makes Full of Beans so special.

Here’s to continuing our mission to inspire movement, confidence, and lifelong wellbeing in children across the UK. We're just getting started!

Published: 11th May 2025
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Finalist, Franchise of the Year at the Club Hub Awards 2025

nicky@fullofbeansfitness.co.uk — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:07:59 GMT

Full of Beans Shortlisted for National Franchise of the Year Award

We are thrilled to announce that Full of Beans has been shortlisted as a finalist for the prestigious Franchise of the Year category at the Club Hub Awards 2025!

The Club Hub Awards are the UK’s only national awards dedicated to the children’s activity sector, celebrating businesses that deliver outstanding activities and services to children and families across the country. This year, 75 finalists were selected from a competitive pool of 261 applications, representing 195 businesses. The awards are independently judged, with a focus on excellence, innovation, business growth, and passion.

At Full of Beans, we are incredibly proud of this achievement, which recognises our commitment to inspiring children through engaging and meaningful physical activity. Being shortlisted is a testament to the hard work of our small but dedicated team, as well as the strong partnerships we have built with schools and families over the years.

The winners will be announced at the Club Hub Event 2025 on Saturday 10 May at the Macdonald Burlington Hotel in Birmingham. The event promises a day of learning, networking, and celebration with other businesses working within the children’s activity sector.

We want to take this moment to thank all our wonderful coaches, schools, families, and partners who have supported us on our journey so far. We couldn’t have done it without you, and we are excited to share this milestone with you all.

Stay tuned for updates as we head to Birmingham in May – fingers crossed!

Nicky, March 2025

Bullseye! A Day of Fun, Focus, and Achievement at Our Archery Enrichment Day

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 20:44:26 GMT

Building Focus, Confidence, and Resilience Through the Sport of Archery

At Full of Beans, we’re always on the lookout for new and exciting ways to engage children in physical activity while fostering their mental, social, and emotional well-being. Our recent Archery Enrichment Day was a perfect example of this, offering students a unique opportunity to develop focus, coordination, and resilience—all while having a blast!

Aiming High for Fun and Learning

Archery is more than just a sport; it’s a powerful tool for self-discipline, patience, and confidence-building. Throughout the day, students had the chance to learn the fundamentals of archery in a safe and supportive environment. From mastering their stance to refining their aim, they quickly discovered that success comes not from strength alone but from concentration and perseverance.

Guided by our expert coaches, the children embraced the challenge with enthusiasm. Many had never tried archery before, yet they showed incredible determination and progress as they hit their targets—sometimes even a bullseye!

The Benefits of Archery for Children

Beyond the sheer fun of launching arrows at a target, archery provides a host of developmental benefits:

Focus & Patience – Encouraging children to slow down, concentrate, and refine their technique.

Confidence Boosting – Watching their skills improve throughout the session gave students a real sense of achievement.

Physical & Mental Coordination – Strengthening their hand-eye coordination while fostering a sense of inner calm.

Inclusivity – Archery is an activity where all abilities can participate and thrive.

Why Enrichment Days Matter

Specialist enrichment days like this allow schools to introduce children to new activities they might not experience in a traditional PE lesson. These unique sessions help broaden their skill set, encourage a love for physical activity, and create unforgettable experiences that spark curiosity and excitement.

We’re thrilled with the fantastic feedback from both students and teachers who took part. Seeing the joy and pride on the children’s faces as they accomplished something new was truly rewarding.

Bring the Archery Experience to Your School

Would your school like to introduce an Archery Enrichment Day? Full of Beans offers a range of specialist activity days designed to inspire and engage students in new and exciting ways. Get in touch with us to learn more about how we can bring this unique experience to your school.

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Super Beans Programme Featured in BFA Magazine

nicky@fullofbeansfitness.co.uk — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:28:06 GMT

Super Beans Programme featured in the British Franchise Association magazine !

We were super proud discover that our "Super Beans" programme has been featured in the The British Franchise Association magazine!

Link to the article is here page 80 - https://www.thebfa.org/the-bfa-magazine/

Super Beans is a self-development and well-being programme which brings together mental and physical health in a fun and engaging way. We aim to give children the understanding, confidence and support to develop resilience, teamwork, manage emotions and understand how physical health can impact positively on our mental health and overall well-being.

Through a series of ten one hour sessions, which are linked to the primary curriculum, Super Beans is delivered in a way that embodies our philosophy of fun, fitness and well-being. Each session is linked to a theme “Super Power” and incorporates a mix of discussion, teamwork and physical activities.

The sessions link to social and emotional aspects of learning such as motivation, social skills, managing feelings, empathy for others and self awareness.

Children develop self esteem, confidence and resilience, understanding emotions, friendships, the importance of movement to our well-being, and understanding how to care for ourselves by staying safe, having good nutrition and sleep patterns.

Using techniques such as emotion coaching, yoga, and mindfulness which are taught throughout the sessions, we encourage the children to bring active mind and body together. The final session incorporates a challenge (which the children have chosen in previous sessions), whereby the children incorporate their skills and encourage each other to successfully complete.

Throughout the sessions, regular check-ins and discussions and journals are used to encourage the children to process their thoughts and feelings about what they are doing.

The ultimate aim of the programme is to help children be well-prepared for future challenges they may face

Headteachers - discover how Super Beans can make a meaningful impact in your school. Parents, let us know if you think this programme would benefit your children and we will speak to your school.

The Drive Phase Podcast Interview

Sat, 06 Jan 2024 18:29:51 GMT

The Drive Phase Podcast Inteview

Nicky Adams, Founder of Full of Beans, had the pleasure of speaking to James about life before she started Full of Beans following an extensive career experience as International Events Manager at Sony Playstation and Psygnosis. Nicky talks about using her experience in business marketing and promotion to launch Full of Beans with a commitment to creating fun and engaging children's activity programs.

In a nutshell, James and Adams speak about:

How passion from a teacher helped shape the sporty path she followed
Adam's journey from corporate life to launching her own fitness company
The mantra she lives by through the recurring challenges in the corporate world
The promising art of being adaptable to whatever situation you're in

… and so much more!

Connect with Adams:

Email: nicky@fullofbeans.co.uk

LinkedIn: Nicky Adams

Check out Philippines Fitness:

Website: www.fullofbeansfitness.co.uk

LinkedIn: Full of Beans Children's Fitness

Twitter: @fullofbeansfit

Connect with James:

Instagram: @james ventures

Facebook: Coordinate Sports FB Page

LinkedIn: James Moore

Coordinate Cloud: The Drive Phase Podcast

Mini-Me Yoga Interview

Fri, 06 Jan 2023 15:18:37 GMT

Our Partnership with Mini Me Yoga

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Full of Beans & Clare Mount Summer Camp 2022

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 13:04:05 GMT

An amazing Summer School 2022 !

Fun, confidence, friendships, skills & fitness !

With previous collaborations over the years, we have developed a great relationship with the children, families and staff at Clare Mount Specialist Sports College in Moreton.

This summer we were pleased that Mr Byrne asked us to partner with them again to run their Summer School from 25th July to 3rd August 2022 where an outstanding 60 youngsters took part! Our aim was for this to be a great transition camp as the majority of children were from Year 6 in local primaries who were due to start at Clare Mount in September. Children from Orretts Meadow , Hayfield, Park Primary , Black Horse Hill Junior School, Gilbrook School , Ladymount Primary and Great Meols Primary .

The programme was funded by the National Holiday Activities with Food (HAF) scheme.

The children took part in many activities such as dance, fitness, tri-golf, kin-ball, fencing, arts and crafts, tennis, dodgeball, gymnastics, basketball, boccia, New-Age Kurling, football, trampoline, Zumba, sitting volleyball and yoga.

Activities were led by our amazing Full of Beans coaching team Sally, Danny, Elliot, Holly, Danielle, Abbie, Karl, Patricia and Chloe with additional activities from Clare Mount's staff Mrs Murphy, Mrs Booth and Mrs Corcoran. We also had a fencing session from Pete from Little Musketeers. We had the DREAMTEAM because they are not only the best qualified and experienced coaches but their mission was to ensure each and every youngster had the best time each day and every one of them went over and above every day.

To support the transition element we were lucky to have some of the Clare Mount team with a pastoral role ; Miss Smith, Miss Durkin, Mrs Kambanis, Mis Blessing, Mr Whyte, Mr Brooks and Mr Holsgrove who ensured the children had the best time. Many thanks also to Ms Rowland for helping out with the whole of week 1 and Mr Byrne week 2.

Our very own Lindsey Hopkins from Full of Beans Fitness did an outstanding job in co-ordinating and managing the project and certainly was the glue that held it all together. It was a huge task from managing the bookings, answering many queries, managing activities, organising staff and ensuring it all ran smoothly and everyone on site was settled and happy and she delivered it superbly!

Danny created an amazing show to finish the camp off with which had every child bringing loads of energy on stage, bringing a tear to the eyes of many of us and is a perfect reminder of why we LOVE what we do and makes it all worth while.

Thanks again to everyone who supported us in organising and delivering this project, hope you loved it as much as we did.

A gallery of pics is on the site HERE and we will also upload some of our fantastic feedback from parents as well.

Nicky Adams

August 2022

4 fun ways to keep your kids active

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:40:43 GMT

Our Director, Nicky Adams, contributed to an article for John Lewis

I was thrilled to be asked to contribute towards this Article for John Lewis on ways to keep your children active.

Please click HERE to download.

Nicky Adams

Founder & Director

#PE Matters

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 11:03:07 GMT

Should schools prioritise PE?

We would urge schools to place PE, physical activity and sport at the heart of their planning following the long year children have faced in lockdown. Through our work at Full of Beans, we have seen children who haven't just been affected physically but socially and emotionally as well. Ninety percent of parents reported they were worried that their children's activity dropped "dramatically" during this time.

We support the Good School Guide in promoting #PRIORITSEPE alongside the amazing Sharron Davies MBE.

Parents can also play a part outside of school. It's so important children have FUN and enjoy how they move their bodies and they will need to experience a variety of activities for them to be able to choose which they enjoy the most. For some, it maybe doing treasure hunts while on a dog walk, challenging their family on the monkey bars in the park, rock climbing, dance class or trying something brand new like joining a local footy team or gymnastics club with some friends. It is GREAT news that this coming week sees sports clubs opening up again and after school clubs can resume so ask for a trial if your child is nervous or unsure. Full of Beans clubs can be booked by clicking HERE.

I think we all know how GREAT you feel after a class, bike ride, yoga or a run etc when endorphins have been released and that's what I want children to experience so they fall in love with that amazing feeling! Physical activity is also great for their social development and given we've been locked up and prevented for seeing people for a year, this is high on my list for all children right now.

The graphic below shows just some of the benefits of being active and these aren't just for now but will help children for the rest of their lives - what better gift can we give them and I don't think there's been a better time to start.

Parents - if you are struggling to know where to start, we can help you! Just give us a ring or send an email and we would be happy to give you some ideas. You can also subscribe to newsletters by clicking HERE .

Schools - we can support you to improve your curriculum PE, physical activity and school sport as well as active playgrounds, self-development and well-being programmes. For more info please email nicky@fullofbeansfitness.co.uk where you will be directed to your local area manager.

Business Opportunity - for anyone interested to hear more about a Full of Beans Franchise, please click HERE .

Full of Beans Newsletter February 2021

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:09:40 GMT

Newsletter 2 - February 2021

PRESS RELEASE - We Won #SBS Small Business Sunday, Theo Paphitis

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:32:07 GMT

We are thrilled to be chosen by Theo Paphitis to win his #SBS competiton

RELEASE DATE : 26.1.21

Merseyside based Full of Beans Children’s Fitness & Sports Coaching gets a Twitter boost from Theo Paphitis and becomes a winner of his #SBS competition .

Merseyside based children’s’ fitness and coaching company, Full of Beans has received a business boost from retail entrepreneur, Theo Paphitis. Yesterday, company director, Nicky Adams tweeted Theo about her business during ‘Small Business Sunday’ and was one of six weekly winners to gain a retweet by Theo to his 500,000 Twitter followers.

#SBS is a lifeline to many small businesses who are maintaining consistency and viability during turbulent economic times and the helping hand from magnates such as Theo Paphitis is an amazing accolade for the Merseyside based company.

Business and retail entrepreneur, Theo Paphitis, who still considers himself a ‘shopkeeper at heart’, has re‐tweeted Nicky Adams’s message to his substantial following and as a result, www.fullofbeansfitness.co.uk and their twitter account, within an hour has received a major boost to their traffic.

Full of Beans will also be profiled on the #SBS website (www.theopaphitissbs.com) that is exclusive to all Small Business Sunday winners.

Nicky Adams said ”With the current situation in all schools, reverting to online learning, never has physical education and the link to mental health and well-being been more important; here at ‘Fullof Beans’ we offer the antidote to screen fatigue.

Full of Beans programmes such as Super Beans, Mini Mermaids and Young Tritons are proven to improve the lives of the children we work with and we are hoping that the support from #SBS will enable us to reach more children by informing schools, teachers and families about what we do.

The overall well-being of all children is always at the centre of what we do and is crucial during these times and we are grateful that Theo has recognised the work we are doing, here in the North-west.”

Small business champion and Ryman Stationery , Robert Dyas and Boux Avenue Chairman, Theo Paphitis, said: “We are thrilled to welcome new #SBS members every week and highlight just how important it is to support our small businesses here in the UK.

My vision is that everyone who has ever won an #SBS re-tweet from me becomes part of a friendly club; like-minded individuals who can share successes and learnings. The website will also give a valuable profile to the winners chosen and I wish Full of Beans every success.

Anyone looking for a re‐tweet from Theo should tweet him about their business on Sunday between 5 PM and 7.30 PM and include the hashtag #SBS. Six lucky businesses are re‐tweeted every Monday at 8 PM and then invited to enter their profile on the new website, attend the annual #SBS networking event and take advantage of the networking opportunities.

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For further information about Small Business Sunday please visit www.theopaphitissbs.com .

Notes to editors ;

• Full of Beans was founded in Aug 2008 and has grown by at least 30% each year

• Full of beans offers holistic solutions that include curriculum delivery, breakfast club, active playground schemes, lunch clubs, after school clubs (over 25 types) as well as CPD training for staff and mental health and well-being programmes. We also deliver inter-school competitions and fun, active birthday parties.

• We are one of the only local providers to be a member of the Children’s Activities Association.

Joe Wickes is great BUT it’s not PE!

website@sitemodify.com (Website Editor) — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:59:39 GMT

Joe Wickes is great BUT it’s not PE! April 2020

Full of Beans Fitness offer a huge range of online sports classes FOR KIDS which are age appropriate, safe and FUN!

The Merseyside based Full of Beans team were devastated when schools and nurseries closed due to COVID 19 and they couldn’t continue to teach the 1,500 children they usually reach in a week. They wanted to ensure they could still support the physical & mental health of the children in their communities.

A lot of learning ensued and long days but they have pivoted their services to be able to offer Curriculum PE, Sports Clubs and challenges to families directly in their Living Rooms.

They have been offering FREE classes are on their Facebook page and their YouTube channel and their pre-school sessions have continued via zoom to a whole class.

They felt strongly about continue to promote staying healthy, being active, continuing to support the children’s learning, keeping in touch with friends and bringing a sense of normality.

A specialist site has also been set up for our schools which provides them with FREE curriculum PE as well as all of our other specialist sports classes to share with their families.

They also continue to send in staff to support the schools who have stayed open for key workers

Founder & Director Nicky Adams says “Our sessions are all delivered by qualified teachers and specialist sports coaches and are safe, lots of fun and age appropriate. The variety of classes is fantastic as our team have pulled together to teach anything from yoga, dance, tennis, football, sports day challenges as well as adapted Curriculum PE & many more. Despite working for Sony Playstation in Wavertree for 14 year’s in my previous job, I’m still a technophobe so to have turned our business on-line makes me very proud!”

“As a parent of two children, I can honestly say they love it! Nicky and her team adapt their classes accordingly to suit the age group and mange to really reach the children on their level. The online classes have been a great way for the children to continue taking part in Full of Beans, which they love, but also allows them to see their friends and peers, which is extremely important given the current lockdown.” Donna Readle, Wirral

Notes to editors:

Full of Beans was founded in August 2008 and has grown by at least 30% each year.

Full of Beans offers a holistic solutions that include curriculum delivery, breakfast clubs, active playground schemes, lunch clubs, after school clubs offering over 25 different active clubs. CPD training for staff, mental health programmes, staff wellbeing, inter-school competitions as well as active birthday parties.

For further information, please contact 07914 836797 nicky@fullofbeansfitness.co.uk

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PRESS RELEASE – FEBRUARY 2020

website@sitemodify.com (Website Editor) — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 07:59:39 GMT

Over 150,000 Merseyside children are benefitting from fitness, sports classes and high-quality PE lessons and that is set to increase

A demand for fitness, sports coaching and high-quality PE lessons for children has led to the expansion of a local sports and coaching business. The move will ensure all schools across Merseyside & Cheshire can benefit from dedicated classes, as obesity levels for the region remain high.

More than 22000 children leave primary school severely obese. 28% of 2-15years were classed as overweight or obese. At the start of primary school one in 10 children are obese and by the end, that has increased to one in five. Those growing up in the most deprived communities are at the greatest risk. The chances of being obese are about twice that of those who live in the least deprived areas.

Through two new franchises, Wirral based Full of Beans Fitness and Sports Coaching, which runs classes in schools by trained PE Teachers & specialised Sports Coaches, will now cover the whole of the Wirral and south Liverpool. This means that even more children could take part in classes, which not only address fitness levels and sporting ability but also support mental health in young people.

The expansion follows an increase in demand from schools and parents, keen to support children with increased physical activity and improved mental health. Full of Beans also runs out of school classes, popular with parents during the school holidays etc. The original founder, Nicky Adams, sold her first franchise to Lauren Thirsk who set up in South Wirral and her business has doubled every year since.

Founder & Director Nicky Adams says e.g. “We are seeing first-hand the commitment from our schools in supporting pupils to increase their levels of physical activity and we work them to ensure all children have access to a variety of opportunities to suit the least active to the most sporty. We also offer some amazing mental health and self-development programmes and have achieved some fantastic results.

We are also members of the Children’s Activities Association so schools and parents know that we have been vetted in providing high quality services.

As part of the expansion, a ll Merseyside schools are eligible for a FREE PE Health Check.

Lesley Roach, Headteacher, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary school in Liverpool said “As a healthy school we promote the health and well-being of all our pupils in school and for the past year we have worked alongside Jordan and the Full of Beans team. They have delivered a range of extra-curricular clubs which have developed our children’s resilience and enabled them to be mentally healthy. The clubs have been tailored to meet the needs of our children and Jordan is passionate about offering new opportunities.

The clubs are very well organised and led by trained staff who are so enthusiastic and have really helped our children to develop their confidence when trying new activities.

Jordan and his team have developed excellent professional relationships with myself, staff and our children and we look forward to continuing to work with them.”

Esther one of our children said “Full of Beans and their self development programme, Mini Mermaids, has helped me in so many different ways. First of all, I used to have lots of worries but now I have a lot less. Before this, I was shy with new and unfamiliar people, but now I’m able to communicate with them more freely. Also, it’s helped my confidence to grow and I’m excited to try new and different things. The program has helped me understand a bit more about who I am and who I’d like to be. It has helped encourage me to follow my hopes and dreams.”

Notes to editors:

Full of Beans was founded in August 2008 and has grown by at least 30% each year.

Jordan Beacall has been appointed Director of Full of Beans South Liverpool. Corrie Brierley has been appointed Director of Full of Beans North Wirral.

*The total number of children we work with at our local schools is approx. 150,000

For further information, please contact Nicky@fullofbeansfitness.co.uk, 07914 836797

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