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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£73.7K
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Spending
£73.2K
Public benefits
The direct benefits that flow from our purposes are improved outcomes from pre-school children, through the development of the development of their capabilities, life skills, Independence, social skills, play skills, physical development and language and communication. The families of the children also benefit through the education and care of the
children, with staff formally meeting with parents three times per year to feed back and report on children's development. There are also opportunities on a daily basis for parents to talk with staff. The benefit for the wider community is that parents are involved in the governance of the Pre-School, and through this can access relevant training on roles of responsibility of the committee, Child Protection training, designated officer training. Our Pre-School is cross community and promotes respect and understanding with the children and the parents and this has had a significant impact on families and community as friendships are formed and continued when the children move to primary school. A further benefit of our Pre-School is we work with and have close contact with other relevant professionals who may be involved with the children. Through fundraising that the committee organise, links with businesses in the village have been established and the pre-school also has close links with day care and those who work in our community e.g nurses. These benefits are evidenced through children's records e.g. observations, photographs and staff planning and evaluation. Parents are asked for their comments on a yearly basis through a parent questionnaire. We are registered with the Western Health and Social Care Trust and are inspected annually. We were also inspected by ETI in 2012, with a very good grade. There is no harm arising from the purposes. The beneficiaries are the children attending the pre-school centre and their families. There is no private benefit flowing from the purposes of Eglinton Community Pre-School Centre.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
We offer a Pre-School education for 3-4 year olds, 5 days a week, with each session lasting 2.5 hours. Staff plan activities around the Northern Ireland Pre-school Curriculum and are inspected on a yearly bases by social services and every 6-7 year by ETI. We are cross community supporting families in with Pre-School education and offering advice
and guidance for those children who may have additional needs.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
Who the charity helps
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- Learning disabilities
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Sensory disabilities
- Travellers
- Voluntary and community sector
- Volunteers
How the charity works
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Playgroup/after schools
