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Teconnaught Cross Community Pre School

  • Status

    Received: 250 days late

  • Income

    £84.1K

  • Spending

    £86.2K

Charity no. 102194 Date registered. 24/05/2016

Public benefits

Our organisation meets the Public Benefit requirement through Charity Commission's second description of purpose - The Advancement of Education. Aims & Objectives of Teconnaught Cross Community Playgroup In Teconnaught Cross Community Playgroup we believe that young children require a safe, secure, healthy and stimulating environment where there

is adequate supervision. We provide opportunities to investigate, satisfy their curiosity, explore the environment inside and outside the playroom, extend their sense of wonder, experience success and develop a positive attitude towards learning. The Children have appropriate periods of time for learning though sustained involvement in play. We interact with sensitivity and understanding. It is important that children feel secure in their relationships with adults and that they know that the adults are there to support them. Adults who will treat them as individuals and sensitively participate in their play. The Public Benefit requirement can be demonstrated by: The Playgroup enhances and supports Community life in a rural area by facilitating interaction between pre-school children and their parents. The Playgroup supports young people embarking on career choices with the ability to gain work experience/placements. The Playgroup delivers a pre-school education for children in the Teconnaught/Annacloy area, maximising their opportunities to excel in Primary School. I can confirm that the benefits of the playgroup can be demonstrated by the progress each child makes from the start of the academic year in September to the end, the following June. Through play and other experiences, to children will progress and learn through: - Personal, social & emotional Development - Physical Development - Creative & Aesthetic Development - Language Development - Early mathematical experiences - The world around us There are no private benefits or potential harm arising from the purposes of the Play Group.

What your organisation does

Given these needs, Teconnaught Cross Community Play group provide a curriculum which: Meet their physical, social, emotional and cognitive needs at their particular stage of development. Motiviate, challenge and stimulate them. Is broad and balanced, allowing children to make choices and providing them with opportunities, through play and other

experiences, to develop the learning associated with: - Personal, Social and Emotional Development - Physical Development - Creative and Aesthetic Development - Language Development - Early Mathematical Experiences - The world around us

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education

Who the charity helps

  • Parents
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Voluntary and community sector

How the charity works

  • Education/training
  • Playgroup/after schools
  • Youth development

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2023

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2022

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2020

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Charitable purposes

The aim is to enhance the development and learning of preschool children, by encouraging parents /guardians to understand and provide for the needs of their children by: A. offering appropriate play facilities with the right of carers/parents to take responsibility for and to be come involved in the activities of the group, ensuring that the group offers opportunities for all children, regardless of religion, culture, race or means. B. encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs of such children and their families in the local areas. C. Supporting the values and principles of NIPAA.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 5 Trustees
  • 3 Employees
  • 1 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Ms Maria O'donnell, 45 Newcastle Road, Ballynahinch, BT24 8NF

Trustee board

Trustee
Mrs Elaine Maginn
Mrs Kathryn Cahill
Mrs Selena Mcgrath
Mrs Fiona Carville
Ms Maria O'donnell

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
  • Newry, Mourne And Down District Council