Joanne Dewberry is the other half of Networking Mummies and also owns her own award winning business www.charliemoos.co.uk Joanne is mummy to Charlie Moo 3 and Megan nearly 2 together with long suffering partner David AKA Daddy Moo they live in East Dorset. Joanne is an army child and thus is from no fixed abode but David is from Dorset so she moved here for love!
Joanne spent her pre-child life as a Nursery School Manager, after having travelled a bit (where she met Daddy Moo! Living the high life as holiday reps in Turkey) She set upon my career in childcare and started doing a Bsc Degree with the Open University (which she is still completing now! When Joanne fell pregnant in 2006 she knew that being a full time mum was the way she wanted to go and Daddy Moo supported the decision fully.
Joanne recalls 'After a while though my head began to fill with dribble and I missed stimulation running a nursery had given me and thus Charlie Moo's was born. I was disheartened by the rubbish party bags, Charlie, had received at parties. Not only did it break straight away, it was either very age inappropriate or made of plastic. One party he received near enough a whole bag of chocolate. It became a slightly stressful experience. Charlie would wonder out of the party tightly clutching a plastic bag in his hand and we would either fight with him to get rid off the bits he could not have or have him hand us stuff as we said no, in most cases he would be left with a balloon and some bubbles. I took the plunge to build and start up my website after Megan was born in August 2008. I became very adapt at typing with one finger whilst breast feeding at 2am. I now sew all the fabric bags myself too!'
Highly Commended MumsClub PR Competition 2009
Winner of Future 100 Young Entrepreneur 2009
TGF Rated Award Winner 2009
Langtry Manor Best Green Business - Finalist 2010
Shortlisted Make your Mark in the Markets 2010
Langtry Manor Dorset Business Mum of the Year 2010
Joanne has also been asked to be a Speakeasy4Schools Ambassador and can be seen giving talks at local young mums groups.
Joanne Dewberry is the other half of Networking Mummies and also owns her own award winning business 