'Design a Shirt’ Competition Launched for Children of Property Professionals
The 1st-7th February marked Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. This year’s theme was ‘Express Yourself’. The week shone a light on an issue that has been amplified by the closure of schools and social restrictions during the pandemic.
Kerfuffle and Marvellous Training have teamed up to launch a competition for the children of estate agents and the industry’s suppliers. There are four prizes of £100 Amazon vouchers up for grabs across four group categories – 5 and under, 6 to 8 years olds, 9 to 11 year olds, and 12 and over.
Julian O’Dell, founder of Marvellous Training, has collaborated with Kerfuffle to create a suite of bitesize training resources for Kerfuffle members. Known for his individual dress sense (as is Chief Kerfuffler Simon Whale!) in each of the training videos Julian wears a different, eccentric shirt which when placed on the bright Kerfuffle background creates a memorable experience for viewers.
The challenge children are invited to take part in is this – design a new wacky and colourful shirt for Julian. The competition will close on the 8th March 2021 and the winners will be announced the following day. The four winning shirts will be made into the real thing and worn by Julian in subsequent training videos.
Julian says “It is clear from the conversations I am having with property industry people that home schooling is taking its toll on them and their children in many cases. The lady who edits the videos has an 8 year old daughter who drew a fabulous picture of me in a shirt she thought up and the seed of an idea was sown. Something a little bit different where children can use their imagination can only be a great distraction. The fact that there is a nice potential reward at the end of it may also help brighten these difficult times.”
Simon Whale of Kerfuffle said “Obviously with Julian and I being sartorial pioneers within the industry, I am all for this initiative. I hope that we may even be able to stretch to making two copies of each winning shirt so I can benefit from the children’s efforts too. As Julian highlights, the mental health impacts the pandemic are having on adults and children are both worrying and sad. With schools now in their second month of closure, the pressures of juggling home schooling and work are significant. We hope this lighthearted competition will give parents and kids a fun activity to do together.”
We’ll display a gallery of all of the entries on this page and you can view them via Kerfuffle and Marvellous Training’s social media feeds too. To submit an entry please send it to marketing@kerfuffle.com with the subject line 'Marvellous shirt competition' and include your child's full name and age.