A BLACK Country mum is celebrating after her arts and crafts group for children scooped a prestigious education services award.

The Creation Station Stourbridge and Halesowen owner Claire Darnley was delighted after the organisation was honoured by Corporate Livewire’s 2017 Innovation and Excellence Awards.

Claire, from Cradley Heath, who runs weekly classes for children aged between four months and 11-year-old, said: “I’m delighted that the pre-school and after school clubs programmes have been recognised by this prestigious award.

“With the squeeze on creativity within the educational system we are delighted to support local parents and schools with fun, arts and crafts based educational activities which help children develop and that they love.”

All winners of the awards are subject to the same rigorous assessment criteria, carried out by experienced in-house professionals, ensuring that only the most deserving teams, practices and individuals walk away with one of the accolades.

David Bateson, of Corporate Live Wire, said “The judges were very impressed with the quality of the creative activities.

“The age and stage specific programmes have clearly defined structures and enable each child to develop their essential skills through fun hands on creative activities.

“The ‘Baby Discover’, ‘Little Explorer’ and ‘Create Clubs’ were deemed to be very engaging and unique, with a high quality educational offering.”

For more information about The Creation Station Stourbridge and Halesowen, including how to book a child into a class, having the team come to a childcare setting, or having a club in a school, visit www.thecreationstation.co.uk or call Claire on 01384 848415.