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Strawberry Tree Playgroup

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £90.0K

  • Spending

    £100.5K

Charity no. 106117 Date registered. 05/04/2017

Public benefits

(1) Enhanced knowledge and understanding in preschool children through receiving an education; (2) Preparation for children aged between 3-4 years old for entering primary school education; (3) Mixing children within the same community where approximately 90% of the children will continue on to the same primary school education Through safe and

satisfying group play, through healthy eating and outdoor play to promote healthy living and through the fulfilment of Early Years assessment criteria. No - children are safeguarded within our setting through the Regulations set by Early Years and all staff members have completed their child protection training. Pre-school children, their families and the wider community. No

What your organisation does

Strawberry Tree playgroup has a common effort to advance education and in particular the education of the children by the provision of safe and satisfying group play, with the right of parents and carers to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of the the playgroup and to promote the preservation of health of the

beneficiaries and to support the values and principles of the pre-school curriculum.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education

Who the charity helps

  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Education/training

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 30 June 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 30 June 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 30 June 2022

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Charitable purposes

the group is established to promote play based learning environments for all children under statutory school age (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries) of the area served Saval and its surrounding environs in County Down (hereinafter called the “area of benefit”) 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 the pre-school curriculum.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name


  • 4 Trustees
  • 5 Employees
  • 1 Volunteers

Contact details

  • Tel: 07873811272

Public address

  • Miss Fionnuala Mccarthy, Strawberry Tree Playgroup, 41A Sheeptown Road, Newry, BT34 2LA

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Gary Mcgaffin
Mrs Sonya Bloomfield
Ms Paula Mcgahan
Mr Daniel Mullan

List of regions

  • Newry, Mourne And Down District Council