Children are often left feeling frustrated after long hours in front of screens with rapidly changing visuals and lack of real conversation with real people. Keisha wanted to make an effort to solve this universal problem by creating a range of fun & tactile resources that will encourage children and grown-ups to not only spend quality-time with one another but also to equip our children with accurate information and good vocabulary from early on to help them better express themselves. Teddo Play, now a multi award-winning brand, was therefore created by a mum, dad and son team - the trio have set out on a journey to nurture a life-long love of learning in children with their versatile range of engaging and vibrant educational resources, all made right here in the UK. From Maths, Science, Space, Anatomy, Geography, Nature, Animals, Literacy, Numeracy, Food, there is a variety of learning themes in Teddo Play’s range to suit the child’s interests and spark intellectual curiosity in them.

About Keisha Shah
Founder Teddo Play | Help to Grow Mentor | UK Government | Educator | Small Business Champion | UN Women UK delegate to the United Nations Commission (CSW68) | G100 UK Advisory Board Entrepreneurship & MSME

Keisha is a talented individual who wears many hats. With a background in Education, Training, Corporate Training, Languages as well as Project Managing large projects for blue-chip organisations in the UK, USA, several countries in Europe, UAE & India, Keisha has consistently excelled in her corporate roles.

Since 2019, Keisha has been running her own children's educational brand, Teddo Play, producing a variety of play-based learning resources for children of all ages. Teddo Play has received a number of mentions in national press and media, heard from the Prime Minister’s office, been live on TV on BBC News, recognised with multiple industry awards as being the Best in Children's Development Products, also by the renowned entrepreneur Theo Paphitis as one of his small business winners, making her passion project a multi award-winning business in no time.

As a small business advocate, Keisha is regularly invited to attend roundtables, live filming, panel discussions as well as to contribute to research papers and make policy recommendations to the government on topics around Entrepreneurship, Education, International Trade, MSMEs and Female Entrepreneurship. Keisha also offers mentorship for University students and start-ups to encourage access to entrepreneurial skills through participation in real-time projects.

Keisha comes across as an enthusiastic, positive, personable and knowledgeable individual who finds building good relationships exciting & effortless. Keisha understands cultural nuances and speaks a number of languages.

Keisha is an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 3 trained business mentor with the Association of Business Mentors, voluntarily offering her time to mentor SMEs who are part of the government’s Help to Grow Management programme. Keisha is also a business mentor with Enterprise Nation, Small Business Britain's Small & Mighty Programme, Digital Boost and a number of other local & national initiatives.

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