Awards
Theo Paphitis Small Business Sunday (SBS Winner)
Winner of the prestigious #SBS Small Business Sunday award (2024), selected by Dragons’ Den investor Theo Paphitis.
This recognition highlights:
- outstanding small business innovation
- strong social media and community presence
- meaningful impact in the handmade and wellbeing sector
Win date: 1 April 2024
LUXlife “The Perfect Gift Awards” Winner (2024)
Best Craft & Wellbeing Initiative – Northern England (2024)
This award recognises:
- innovative handmade wellbeing products
- emotionally supportive craft design
- strong gifting and customer impact
- contribution to creative wellbeing culture
Global Recognition Award (2024)
Rainbow Dandelion Crochet has been recognised with a Global Recognition Award, acknowledging its innovative contribution to wellbeing-focused creative practice and its emerging role in combining mindfulness, craft therapy, and inclusive community support.
This recognition highlights:
- innovation in creative wellbeing and mindfulness-based crochet
- contribution to accessible mental health support through craft
- socially engaged, community-centred practice
- growing impact within the UK wellbeing and creative therapy sector
The award reflects the business’s commitment to making calming, accessible, and inclusive creative tools available to individuals and communities seeking emotional regulation and wellbeing support.
LUXlife Award (2026) –
Inclusive Trauma-Informed Wellbeing Business of the Year (2026)
This award acknowledges outstanding contribution to inclusive, accessible wellbeing practice through creative and therapeutic craft-based engagement.
It highlights:
- trauma-informed and emotionally safe facilitation practices
- inclusive, neurodivergent-friendly wellbeing approaches
- innovative use of crochet as a mindfulness and grounding tool
- contribution to accessible mental health and community wellbeing support
- development of creative, socially engaged wellbeing practice within the UK
This recognition reflects the commitment to providing safe, supportive, and non-judgemental creative spaces that promote calm, regulation, and emotional wellbeing through accessible craft-based methods.
