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UK National and International Awards

Logo for the 2025 National Business Women's Awards, indicating Silver Winner, with a stylized mountain and letter 'W' at the top.

Employer of the Year 2025

(Silver Winner)

National Business Women’s Awards

Logo for the 2024 National Business Women's Awards, indicating a Gold Winner.

Social Impact Award (Gold Winner)

National Business Women’s Awards 2024

Green Apple Environment Awards logo with a stylized apple and the text indicating it is for helping the environment, winner 2024.

For Providing Online Speech and Language Therapy Services UK-wide and Education Sessions Internationally

Green Apple Environment Awards 2024, Kensington Palace, London

Logo for the International CSR Excellence Awards 2023 with a heart and the text "CSR" in red and white, and tagline "for companies that have a heart."

Positive Impact Award

(Silver Winner) SME National Business Awards (2022)

Logo for the 2019 Women's Business Awards, indicating runner-up for Corporate Leader of the Year at the National Business Women's Awards.
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Healthcare: Philanthropy

(Gold Winner)

International Corporate Social Responsibility Excellence Awards (2024)

Community Commitment Award

(Silver Winner) International Corporate Social Responsibility Excellence Awards (2023)

SME London Business Awards 2023, in association with Zipcar, Silver Winner.

Positive Impact Award

(Silver Winner)

SME London Business Awards (2023)

SME National Business Awards 2022 Silver Winner logo with colorful blocks and text.

Runner-Up Corporate Leader of the Year National Business Women’s Awards (2019)

Logo for the 2025 SME National Business Awards, indicating silver winner

Community Business of the Year 2025 (Silver Winner)

SME National Business Awards

SME National Business Awards 2023 Bronze Winner badge with colored blocks and text.

Business Person of the Year

(Bronze Winner) SME National Business Awards (2023)

London Business Awards 2023 logo with Z zipcar sponsor and gold winner banner.

Corporate Social Responsibility Award

(Gold Winner) SME London Business Awards (2023)

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Corporate Social Responsibility Award

(Gold Winner) SME National Business Awards (2022)

Logo for the 2021 National Business Women's Awards, indicating Gold Winner.

Chameleon Business Award

(Gold Winner) National Business Women’s Award (2021)

Best Business Woman in Health and Wellness

Best Business Women in Health and Wellness (2017)

CLAIRE BOLTON

Claire graduated from the University of Queensland (Australia) in 2003 with a Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours).  She's an experienced Speech Pathologist and Life Coach who is registered and insured to support adults and children in both Australia and the UK (online only).

Claire has the resources and skills to successfully engage clients online to achieve excellent results.

She is the Founder of Apex Ability Ltd, a multi-award-winning Speech and Language Therapy practice on London’s highly regarded Harley Street. 

Claire’s years of working in hospitals, community health centres, schools, rehabilitation centres, care homes, charities, and independent practices, enables her to help people in a wide variety of settings.

In addition to her clinical work, Claire has provided online education sessions to 5000+ parents/guardians/educators globally so far.

Claire is a neurodiversity-affirming speech pathologist who utilises a strengths-based, person-centred approach that supports self-advocacy, and respects each individual’s unique communication style.

She gains pleasure from creating opportunities for others to thrive.

Churchill Fellowship:

In 2012 Claire was the first Speech and Language Therapist in the UK to be awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship to visit Canada and the U.S.A.  Her goal was to learn more about how music can be used within speech and language therapy, particularly following brain injuries/strokes. Claire has since worked collaboratively with Neurologic Music Therapists, running workshops and presenting at conferences, nationally and internationally.  She liaises with a worldwide network of music therapy and speech therapy professionals.

Voice Specialist:

As a choral singer, Claire has gained specialist skills as a voice therapist, working with professional voice users (including teachers, sports coaches, radio announcers, call centre staff, and singers).

Claire has worked with performers in London’s West End and provides workshops on Vocal Heath to professional voice users. She is regularly booked for school inset days to support teachers in preventing voice difficulties.

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