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Rasharkin Community Playgroup

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £49.4K

  • Spending

    £60.9K

Charity no. 101022 Date registered. 02/12/2014

Public benefits

The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include improved education and foundation for later life. These benefits are evidenced through feedback from parents/carers and regular assessments and inspections by statutory authorities. This purpose does not lead to harm. The beneficiaries of this purpose are pre-school children aged 3 and 4 from

Rasharkin and its surrounding areas. There is no private benefit flowing from this purpose.

What your organisation does

Rasharkin Community Playgroup provides and promotes a play based learning environment for all children under statutory school age living in the village and surrounding areas. In doing so it supports the values and principles of Early Years.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education

Who the charity helps

  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Playgroup/after schools

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2024

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2023

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2019

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The Charity's objects ("Objects") are to promote play based learning environments for all children under statutory school age (hereinafter referred to as the 'beneficiaries') in Rasharkin and its surrounding environs in Counties Antrim and Londonderry (the "area of benefit") without distinction of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic or religious identity, by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common offort to advance education, and in particular: (a) to advance the education of the beneficiaries by the provisionn of safe and satisfying group play, with the right of parents/carers to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of the Charity; (b) to promote the preservation of the health of the beneficaries; (c) to ensure that the protection and well being of the beneficiaries are prioritised in line with the Charity's child protection policy; and (d) to support the values and principles of Early Years.

Governing document

Other name

  • 3 Trustees
  • 4 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mrs Sharleen Calderwood, Rasharkin Community Playgroup, 31 Bamford Park, Rasharkin, Ballymena, BT44 8RX

Trustee board

Trustee
Mrs Sharleen Calderwood
Mrs Michaela Mcmullan
Mr Aaron Corr

List of regions

  • Causeway Coast And Glens District Council
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