{"id":30009,"date":"2026-04-21T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=30009"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:18:00","slug":"sarah-sanders-shortlisted-for-ewif-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/sarah-sanders-shortlisted-for-ewif-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Sanders shortlisted for EWiF Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>Extra Helpis delighted to share that <b>Sarah Sanders<\/b>, Director of Operations and owner of Extra Help South Hams, Torbay, West Devon and Bude, has just been named a finalist in the 2026 Encouraging Women into Franchising (EWiF) Awards. Her nomination for <b>Woman Franchisee Employee of the Year <\/b>recognises the comprehensive hands-on support and training she provides across our network.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Why This Matters<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>This nomination isn\u2019t just an accolade \u2013 it\u2019s solid proof of Extra Help\u2019s commitment to investing in people. Sarah has helped onboard and train many franchisees, introduced one-to-one coaching, and led the move to digital systems that enable franchisees to focus on delivering <b>compassionate home-help services <\/b>to their clients.<\/p>\n<p>They also benefit from weekly group Zoom calls, bespoke coaching and practical, operational tools \u2013 this is the kind of support that consistently earns us industry recognition.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Real support, real results<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Under Sarah\u2019s guidance, our franchise network grew its client numbers by <b>22% in 2025<\/b>. What\u2019s more, our franchisees reported an average of <b>32% profit from their overall turnover<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extra Helpis delighted to share that Sarah Sanders, Director of Operations and owner of Extra Help South Hams, Torbay, West Devon and Bude, has just been named a finalist in the 2026 Encouraging Women into Franchising (EWiF) Awards. Her nomination for Woman Franchisee Employee of the Year recognises the comprehensive hands-on support and training she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":30011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-extra-help","category-consultancy-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sarah-e1776784623886.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30012,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30009\/revisions\/30012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}