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Status
Received: 4 days late
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Income
£441.0K
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Spending
£443.0K
Public benefits
The purposes of the Charity are to: advance the education, and the development /physical & emotional wellbeing of children. To relieve those in need by reason of their youth, providing facilities for leisure-time occupation, so that their conditions of life may be improved. The Charity does this by providing accessible, affordable high quality
daycare to preschool children which improves their conditions of life, supporting their education, development, physical and mental wellbeing. The direct benefits which flow from these purposes are the advancement in education and key skills of the children attending the daycare centre, and the resultant enhancements to their development and understanding of the world around them. The purpose of the Charity is also to relieve and prevent poverty. The Charity does this by providing accessible /affordable daycare to preschool children within the Upper Springfield / Whiterock area of West Belfast, an area of high multiple deprivation. The Charity provides high quality facilities which educate and enhances the development of local children and which enables their parents and carers, including those on low incomes, lone parents and school aged mums, to hold down employment, continue their education or attend training. The direct benefits which flow from these purposes are the improvement to the education and employment/ employability of persons within the local area. These benefits are evidenced by attendance registers , feedback from parents and carers, inspections by social services, monitoring & evaluations, surveys, the Charity's annual accounts & directors report. No harm Preschool children and their parents/ carers and families living within the Upper Springfield and Whiterock areas of West Belfast and surrounding areas The Charity employs staff to run its day care Centre for preschool children but their employment is incidental and entirely necessary to the provision of a high quality day care facility for preschool children which meets/ excels statutory requirements. The Charity and its staff are supervised/ managed by a voluntary Board of Directors, who derive no private benefit from the charity.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
The Charity operates a daycare centre for preschool children within the Upper Springfield and Whiterock areas of Belfast, which are recognised as areas of high multiple deprivation. (Whiterock 2 and 3 were ranked number 1 and 2 most deprived areas within Northern Ireland under the Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2010.) The charity
provides accessible high quality daycare to preschool children which improves their conditions of life and supports their development and physical and mental wellbeing. Our daycare Service enables parents including one parent families and school aged mothers living in the locality, to take up employment or further their education. Day-care is provided at affordable prices with parents on low incomes receiving subsidised places through tax credits and other government supported schemes.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- Other charitable purposes
Who the charity helps
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Unemployed/low income
How the charity works
- Playgroup/after schools
