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Buddy Bear Trust

  • Status

    Received: 65 days late

  • Income

    £397.6K

  • Spending

    £272.7K

Charity no. 104137 Company no. 22996 Date registered. 29/06/2016

Public benefits

The Trust provides Conductive Education which is a specialised method of teaching children with cerebral palsy. The Trust also provides training and support to parents of children with cerebral palsy and to at least 2 carers. The public benefits from our work in that the children gain greater independence and may require less support from Health

and Social Services throughout their life. Individual children gain as every effort is made to assist and realise their potential and to become as independent as possible bearing in mind that they have cerebral palsy and motor disorders. While some children maybe able to self report and walk others will have made great progress by being able to indicate a preference and or to be able to feed themselves and look after their own personal hygiene. The parents of the children benefit because the children are being taught to become more independent. The greater the independence the less work for the parents and less stress.

What your organisation does

Buddy Bear Trust funds and manages an Independent Special Education School recognised and inspected by the Department of Education. The school has been operational from 1993 and provides full time help to some children and part time assistance to other children between the ages of 3 months and 3 years. The Trust currently employs 4 members of

staff and is supported by a number of volunteers. The Trust maintains and equips the school with all the necessary furniture and equipment to meet the needs of the children and ensures that all the policies and procedures are in place to protect the children in accordance with the Child Protection Requirements.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • Carers
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Parents
  • Physical disabilities
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Disability
  • Education/training

This display is a broad summary of the charity’s financial information. For a full understanding of the charity’s finances, the reader should view the PDF accounts and reports under the Documents tab above.

  • Due documents received late information

  • This charity failed to provide information on its finances within 10 months of its financial year end. This information has now been received.

Income

£397.6K

Spending

£272.7K

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2021

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The Company is established to advance education and to relieve sickness and in particular, but not so as to limit the generality of the foregoing, to: • Relieve children suffering from cerebral palsy with motor co-ordination difficulties by the provision of specialist and other hospital and medical treatment and rehabilitation; • Provide encouragement and financial and other assistance to children suffering from cerebral palsy with motor co-ordination difficulties and their families to enable them to obtain assessment, treatment or rehabilitation; • Advance knowledge and understanding of and promote training in Conductive Education; • Promote research into the causes of cerebral palsy and effective treatment of children suffering from cerebral palsy with motor co-ordination difficulties provided the useful results of such research are published for the public benefit; • Relieve the distress of children suffering from cerebral palsy with motor co-ordination difficulties and their families by the provision of financial assistance, goods and services.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • 5 Trustees
  • 7 Employees
  • 7 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Brendan Mcconville (Chair), Killyman Road, Dungannon, Co Tyrone, BT71 6DE

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Brendan Mcconville
Mrs Phyllis Agnew
Mrs Mary Murphy
Miss Jennifer Coggan
Mr John Daly

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
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