Esther Cumberbatch
Left to right:
· Esther Cumberbatch, Carlton Kids Out Of School Club, Nottingham (Finalist)
· Stephen Studd, Chief Executive, SkillsActive
· Bradley Morgan, child judge
· Carys Murihead-Davis, child judge, Woodleys After School Club, Aldbourne, Wilts

Esther Cumberbatch provides an invaluable counselling and mentoring role for parents of traumatised children. So adept is she at dealing with children’s behavioural problems that some London-based children and parents travel to the north of England during holiday periods especially to see her: According to parents she takes each and every one under her wing – encouraging, guiding, and caring for them, as she would her own.