Congratulations! You just became the newest member of our Local Expert community, and we’re thrilled to have you on board.

Over the next few weeks and months, you’ll be the voice of Happity in your local area, helping to tackle parent loneliness by getting new mums, dads and caregivers out to the amazing classes and groups being held in their local area.

You’ll do this by completing our Local Expert ‘mini-missions’, and earning rewards which can be exchanged for Amazon vouchers at the end of each month.

Here’s how it all works…

Your mini-missions

1. Tell us about classes

Rewards: 1 point for every valid class. A class is valid if it’s not already listed on Happity, and suitable for babies and/or toddlers up to 5 years old. Antenatal/pregnancy or postnatal classes are valid too.

How it works:

1. To check if a class is already listed on Happity, head to the homepage and search in the ‘Find a Class’ box. For franchises with lots of locations, such as Baby Sensory, you can check if your local class is listed on the franchise page (see an example here)
2. If we don’t have the class listed on the site, and it’s suitable for children under 5, it’s valid.
3. Find the email address of the class provider and their website/social media link, and send them both to [email protected]. You can send as many classes as you like at once. The provider’s email address will usually be on their website or social media pages.
4. Once we have your classes, we’ll double check they’re valid, and issue your points accordingly.

2. Tell us about venues

Rewards: 1 point for every new venue. A venue is new if it’s not already listed on Happity, is not a Children’s Centre, and has at least one baby or toddler class running.

How it works:

1. To check if a venue is already listed on Happity, simply Google ‘Happity + venue name’. If we don’t have the venue listed on the site, it is not a Children’s Centre, and it has at least one baby or toddler class running, it’s valid.
2. Find the venue’s website / social media page which lists the classes they have running, and send it to [email protected]. You can send as many venues as you like at once.
3. Once we have your venues, we’ll double check they’re valid, and issue your points accordingly.

Why can’t I refer Children’s Centres?

Make no mistake, we love Children’s Centres! Groups and classes which are run in CC’s are welcome on the Happity site, and we have lots of them listed. However, because their schedules change frequently (once per term or even more often), our admin team cannot add them as listings in the same way we do with other free activities, such as church groups.

3. Pin up flyers on noticeboards

Rewards: 2 points for every public noticeboard where you pin a Happity flyer.

How it works:

1. You should receive your flyers shortly (if you haven’t already)
2. Look for public noticeboards in your local area. Cafes, GP surgeries, Post Offices, community centres, libraries, baby shops and supermarkets are all good places to try!
3. Once you have pinned up the flyer, send a photo and the name of the location (e.g. Jenny’s Cafe, Clifton) to [email protected]. Please only send one noticeboard per email to keep things simple for our admin team.

4. Post in online groups

Rewards: 1 point for every post in a Facebook or WhatsApp group with more than 25 members. The post must abide by the group rules and be relevant to the discussion.

How it works:

1. Look out for discussions in your local Facebook or WhatsApp groups about things to do with babies or toddlers.
2. Reply with the link to happity.co.uk. It’s best to use your own wording, but things like ‘You can find loads of local classes/groups for little ones on Happity’, or ‘I love Happity for finding out everything that’s going on’ will work great. You could also recommend a specific class you love and link the class page on Happity.
3. If allowed by the group rules, you can also start a new post recommending Happity for finding things to do.
4. Send a screenshot of your reply/post, and another screenshot showing the number of members in the group, to [email protected]. Please start a new email for every group post to keep things simple for our admin team.

Your rewards

Once a month, our Local Experts team will tot up all your points, and issue you £5 in Amazon vouchers for every 5 points earned. Simple!

Any leftover points will be carried over to the next month: if you earned 11 points in January, for example, we would send you £10 in vouchers and carry over 1 point into February.

Let us know how it’s going!

This is a pilot scheme and we’re looking for ways to make it even better. If you have a question, suggestion or just any thoughts to share, please drop Helen a line at [email protected].

You can also read the full T&Cs here.

Good luck, and have a lovely time!