Hi, my name is Carla and I run the Bolton and Bury franchise. I’m lucky to have a very strong and supportive team and we all have one thing in common - we believe in the Tumble Tots programme and we love what we do. I started the franchise in 2015, after taking leave from my previous job to look after my youngest son as a baby. I found that I didn’t want to go back to a desk job, working long hours and being away from home so I decided to do something very different. I’d previously attending my local Tumble Tots class with my son and decided that this was something I wanted to do myself having seen first-hand the benefits it brought to my little boy in such a short space of time. I love working with children and their parents/carers. We create a friendly family fun environmental in all our classes and its lovely watching new friendships develop for both the little ones and the grown ups. Some (well a lot) say that I’m the softie of the team. I have lots of “goosebump moments” which will bring a tear to my eye when a little one takes their first steps or does something all by themselves for the first time. Outside of Tumble Tots I am a busy mum to my two sons who are now 15 and 9 and I love spending time with family and friends.