Our first KidPreneur festival to inspire business leaders of the future!

Whether your child is a media mogul in the making, or hatching plans for digital domination, more and more children are taking the world of business head on. To celebrate and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs, KidZania London is hosting its first ever KidPreneur Festival on Saturday 11 November. Hosted by kids’ TV favourites Dick and Dom, who will introduce the KidPreneurs and perform their own amazing magic show, the one day festival will be jam-packed with inspirational talks and workshops from some of the UK’s brightest young business brains.

The festival, is designed to champion kids in the real world and teach kids the skills they need to set up their own businesses and make their dreams a reality. KidZania’s first KidPreneur Festival welcomes some of the UK’s most inspiring young entrepreneurs to the main city stage, and all our visitors on the day can learn first hand from some of the UK’s youngest and brightest minds, from eight-year-old robotic whizz kid Callum Daniels, to global teen influencer Inspiring Vanessa and 13-year-old lifestyle brand CEO Henry Patterson, to find out what a day-in-the-life of a KidPreneur looks like. Discover how these Kidpreneurs got to where they are today!

Theatre schedule:

11:00am Dick and Dom Magic Show
11:15am Not Before Tea Founder Henry Patterson Q&A; with Dick and Dom
11:35am Bleach London Co-Founder and Hairmoji founder Alex Brownsell Q&A; with Dick and Dom
11:55am iCodeRobots Founder and CEO Callum Daniels Q&A; with Dick and Dom
12:15pm Chef and Author 'Baking Martha' Collison Q&A; with Dick and Dom
12:35pm Vlogger Inspiring Vanessa Q&A; with Dick and Dom
14:00pm Dick and Dom Magic Show
14:15am Not Before Tea Founder Henry Patterson Q&A; with Dick and Dom
14.35pm Hairmoji and Bleach London founder Alex Brownsell Q&A; with Dick and Dom
14:55pm iCodeRobots Founder and CEO Callum Daniels Q&A; with Dick and Dom
15:15pm Chef and Author 'Baking Martha' Collison Q&A; with Dick and Dom
15:35pm Vlogger Inspiring Vanessa Q&A; with Dick and Dom
15:55pm Dick and Dom Magic Show

Workshops will run every 15-20 mins throughout the day 11am - 1 pm and 2pm - 4 pm as following:

The Hairmoji workshop in The Beauty Salon will be run by Alex Brownsell co-founder of Bleach London and founder of Hairmoji and her team
ICodeRobot workshops will be run in The University by Callum Daniels and his team
Inspiring Vanessa ‘takeover’ of the Metro newspaper activity will be run by KidZania team

Dick & Dom

Kids TV favourites Dick and Dom presented the double BAFTA Award winning Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow, a children's entertainment show that was live during weekend mornings. The show ran for 5 series between 2002 and 2006 and was a massive hit. They are also known for their magic shows and for presenting a wide range of children's and family television shows.

Dick and Dom will be hosting KidZania’s first ever KidPreneur Festival on 11th November and performing their amazing magic tricks throughout the day.

Inspiring Vanessa: Influencer/Vlogger, 11 years old

Vanessa Sam is a multi-award winning motivational speaker. Vanessa is also the author of The 5 Secrets to Public Speaking Success, a Youtuber and an Artist.

Vanessa’s mission is to inspire children and adults around the world to have the courage to be whoever they want to be. Trained and mentored by several top International Speakers, Vanessa has shared the stage with the likes of Jairek Robbins, Eric Thomas, Eric Ho and Caleb Maddix. Vanessa’s signature topics include: Mindset; Inspiration; Motivation; Love and Fear, Taking Action and Self-Belief. Her awards include the Inspirational Young Persons Award (October 2016) and the Croydon Council Award for Good Citizen (March 2017) as well as the H Giving Charity Volunteer of the Year Award (2017). Vanessa has recently become a Youth Ambassador for Round Table.

Henry Patterson: Founder of Young & Mighty, 13 years old

At the age of nine Henry designed a novel range of sweets in jars such as ‘Mud and Worms’.He named the brand ‘Not Before Tea’ because it is what his grandma always used to say when he asked for sweets. He then went on to write a story book ‘ The Adventures of Sherb & Pip’ based on the imaginary helpers who helped him in his sweet shop (such as a mouse and an owl). This book went on to sell thousands of copies, as well as merchandise such as bags, pencil cases and wash bags. Today the Not Before Tea collection is sold in stores worldwide. Henry went on to speak at The 02 for the UKs biggest retail event and is now an accomplished speaker worldwide.In Autumn 2017 he launched Young & Mighty; an online space where young people aged 11 to 14 years can find out about jobs and fund-raising ideas. Henry’s book ‘How to Double Your Pocket Money’ is published in March.

Martha Collison: young British Baker ‘Baking Martha’ and recipe book author, 21 years old

Martha Collison is the youngest ever baker to feature on The Great British Bake Off (2014), she made it all the way to the quarter finals while also studying for her AS Levels.

Martha is a self-taught baker who started cooking at the age of eight – the result of her brave parents letting her loose in the kitchen and enjoying the (sometimes mixed) results! She has finished up her A-levels now, giving her plenty of time to dedicate to writing and testing recipes for various purposes, including a weekly column in Waitrose Weekend paper and for her own food blog.

Martha has a fun and relaxed approach to baking. She loves interesting and unusual flavour combinations and takes huge pleasure in both creating and eating delicious food. Her first book, TWIST, was published by HarperCollins in 2016. Her latest book, CRAVE, was published in July.

She loves spending time with her family, and is passionate about helping charitable campaigns including #NoChildTaken with Tearfund.

Callum Daniel: CEO iCodeRobots, 8 years old

Callum developed a fascination with robots at four years old, when he met Titan the Robot. Callum wanted to find out how Titan worked and if he could build something similar. That Christmas Callum was given a Meccanoid G15 KS personal robot. It took him four weeks to build it. Once completed, he demonstrated the Meccanoid at his school assembly.

Callum then asked his parents to enrol him on a robotic course, but they couldn’t find anything locally, so he decided to set up his own company. iCodeRobots employs robotic engineers and robotic students (officially trained by Lego Education) from universities and colleges.

Loughborough University London (Stratford) has sponsored iCodeRobots with an amazing space, where children can explore and learn in a safe, secure and stimulating environment.

Alex Brownsell: BLEACH LONDON co-founder, 28 years old

Alex Brownsell is an influential hair stylist and a visionary colourist.

Her inimitable creativity has seen her style shoots for the cream of fashion publications, namely British Vogue, i-D, Dazed & Confused and AnOther Magazine where she’s worked with top photographers Tim Walker, Mert & Marcus, Angelo Pennetta, Colin Dodgson, Harley Weir and Tyrone Lebon among others but her reputation outstretches just editorial.

In 2010 Alex co-founded the cult hair salon Bleach with Samantha Teasdale, leading the dip-dye revolution. Her portfolio includes Hermès, McQueen, Kenzo, Topshop and Mango and she counts Florence Welch, Georgia May Jagger, Alex Chung and M.I.A. as clientele.