OFFICIAL FINAL VOTING

Welcome to the final voting stage of the Cumbria Baby & Children’s Business Awards 2027!

Following our initial nomination and voting stages, we are delighted to introduce our official finalists across all 14 award categories.

These businesses have demonstrated their dedication, passion and commitment to providing outstanding products and services for babies, children and families throughout Cumbria.

Now it’s time to decide our winners!

The business receiving the highest number of valid votes in each category will be crowned the winner at our prestigious awards ceremony on Saturday 20th February 2027 at The Halston, Carlisle.

FINAL VOTING DATES

Voting Opens: Monday 26th October 2026 at 9:00am

Voting Closes: Monday 7th December 2026 at 9:00am

Votes submitted outside this period will not be accepted.

OFFICIAL VOTING RULES

To ensure the voting process remains fair, transparent and consistent for all finalists, the following rules will be strictly enforced.

1. One Voting Submission Per Person

* Each individual is permitted to submit the voting form once only throughout the entire final voting period.
* Voters may select their preferred finalist across multiple award categories within their single submission.
* You do not have to vote in every category.
* Submitting the voting form more than once is strictly prohibited.
* If an individual submits multiple voting forms, ALL submissions associated with that individual will be disqualified and none of their votes will be counted.

2. Email Verification & Vote Validity

* All voters must provide their full name and a valid email address.
* Email addresses will be checked and verified as part of our voting validation process.
* Votes submitted using false, invalid, fabricated or unverifiable email addresses may be disqualified.
* Any attempts to manipulate the voting process, including submitting votes using multiple email addresses, false identities or automated voting methods, are strictly prohibited.
* The organisers reserve the right to investigate and exclude any votes reasonably identified as fraudulent or in breach of the voting rules.

3. Finalist Promotion & Social Media Sharing

We encourage all finalists to celebrate their achievements and promote their businesses throughout the final voting period.

However, to maintain a fair and consistent competition, restrictions will apply to where and how voting links may be promoted.

PERMITTED PROMOTION:

✓ Sharing the voting link on your personal social media profiles.

✓ Sharing the voting link on your business’s own social media pages and accounts.

✓ Encouraging existing customers, clients, families, followers and supporters to vote.

✓ Displaying promotional posters, flyers or QR codes within your business premises.

✓ Distributing voting information directly to customers, clients or individuals who use or have previously used your services.

✓ Including voting links within your own business newsletters, emails or direct customer communications.

PROHIBITED PROMOTION:

✗ Posting or sharing voting links within Facebook community groups, local community groups, parenting groups, selling groups or other third-party social media groups for the purpose of requesting votes.

✗ Asking or encouraging friends, family members, employees or supporters to share voting links within these groups on your behalf.

✗ Mass-posting or promoting voting links within unrelated online communities or third-party groups outside your own personal and business platforms.

Why is this rule being introduced?

This rule has been introduced to promote fairness and ensure that voting reflects genuine support for each finalist from their customers, clients, followers and supporters, rather than being disproportionately influenced by mass canvassing within unrelated online communities.

4. Breaches of Promotion Rules

The organisers recognise that it is not possible to determine the source of every individual vote.

Therefore, breaches of the promotion rules will be assessed based on evidence of prohibited promotional activity rather than attempting to identify individual votes generated through such activity.

* Any reported breaches will be reviewed by the organisers.
* Finalists may be instructed to remove prohibited promotional content immediately.
* Repeated, deliberate or serious breaches may result in disqualification from the final voting stage.
* Any decision regarding disqualification will be made following a review of the available evidence and circumstances.

These requirements apply equally to all finalists. Finalists are responsible for ensuring that anyone they ask to promote their business is aware of the rules.

5. Fair Voting & Integrity

* Votes must be submitted voluntarily and genuinely.
* Fraudulent, automated or deliberately manipulated voting activity is strictly prohibited.
* All votes will undergo verification and validation checks before the winners are confirmed.
* The organisers reserve the right to investigate suspected breaches and exclude invalid votes.
* All finalists will be treated equally under the same voting rules.
* The organisers’ decisions regarding vote validity and the enforcement of the published rules will be final.

WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

The winners will remain confidential until they are officially announced at the:

Cumbria Baby & Children’s Business Awards 2027

Saturday 20th February 2027

The Halston, Carlisle

We look forward to celebrating the incredible businesses that make a difference to babies, children and families throughout Cumbria.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Every genuine vote helps recognise the hard work, dedication and achievements of our local businesses.

Thank you for taking the time to support our finalists and for helping us celebrate excellence within Cumbria’s baby and children’s business community.

Good luck to all our 2027 finalists! 🏆