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Lavey Early Years Group

  • Status

    Received: 11 days late

  • Income

    £88.0K

  • Spending

    £88.0K

Charity no. 105257 Date registered. 14/07/2016

Public benefits

The public benefits flowing from the purposes of Lavey Early Years Group are that children before the age for statutory education have a local facility where they can come together to play, to learn, to be motivated, to mix with other children from the same district and learn the social skills that will be required when they go to school. The

parents of these children will also benefit in that they have an excellent local facility where their children will be looked after by experienced staff where they will be in a safe and healthy environment close to their own homes therefore doing away with the need for transport in a very rural area near Lavey. The Community also benefits in that young parents are encouraged to remain and to live locally because there is such a facility close to them. The benefits can be measured by the number of children attending the facility, the number of parents supporting the facility and the number of local people participating in the events laid on for the pre-school by the Group. It also can be measured by the attitudes and levels of satisfaction expressed by the parents and the children themselves to the activities promoted by the playschool. There is no harm flowing from these purposes of Lavey Early Years Group.

What your organisation does

The organisation manages the day to day running of the activities of Lavey Early Years Group. It works closely with the playgroup leaders, the parents, the children, the Department of Health Services and the Early Years specialists to ensure that children are not only looked after but also encouraged to enjoy play, education and exploration. The

Trustees encourage the playgroup leaders to stimulate the children with a variety of trips and outings but also to ensure that the staff are highly motivated, highly qualified so that parents can feel easy about leaving children in their care. The Trustees also act as fundraisers by seeking grants or organising local activities supported by the community to ensure that the pre-school can continue to survive into the future.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education

Who the charity helps

  • Parents
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Education/training
  • Playgroup/after schools

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2023

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2018

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Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2017

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Charitable purposes

The group is established to promote play based learning environments for all children of the area served Lavey and its surrounding environs in County Derry without distinction of age, gender, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, and in particular: • To advance the education of the beneficiaries by the provision 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 group; and to promote the preservation of health of the beneficiaries; and • To support the values and principles of Early Years

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 10 Trustees
  • 5 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mairead Mcgill, 63A Mayogall Road, Knockloughrim, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, BT45 8PG

Trustee board

Trustee
Mrs Imelda Keenan
Mrs Carmel Milne
Mrs Niamh Hasson
Mrs Shaunine Mccrystal
Mrs Maria Mcerlean
Mrs Davina Monaghan
Mrs Joanne Mcpeake
Mrs Melissa Mccloy
Ms Elaine Mceldowney
Mrs Laura Dillon

List of regions

  • Mid Ulster District Council