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Loughgall Playgroup

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £51.4K

  • Spending

    £61.7K

Charity no. 107312 Date registered. 08/05/2019

Public benefits

Loughgall Playgroup provides a pre-school provision for children of Loughgall and the surrounding area of Co Armagh. We benefit the village of Loughgall and surrounding area by giving their children the best possible start to their education and preparing them for primary school. We provide a safe and stimulating environment in which children from

all backgrounds can acquire the skills and attitudes to become individuals and successful learners. We are a community service where parents from all backgrounds can become involved through fund-raising, joining the committee, courses, and trips, enabling isolated parents and new parents to meet others. We follow the values and principles of Early Years. The benefits can be demonstrated through our recent award of accredited status and our latest education inspection report where we received very good. There is no potential harm from the purposes of Loughgall playgroup. The beneficiaries are the preschool children in the Loughgall area. There is no private benefit flowing from the purposes of Loughgall playgroup.

What your organisation does

We provide pre-school education for 26 children each year. We aim to equip each child that comes into our setting with the skills, attitudes and expectations for them to develop as confident individuals and successful learners. The playgroup, each year are awarded a number of funded places from the local education and library board and any

remaining places are offered to the younger children in the wider locality. The children are encouraged in the six areas of learning through play e.g. language, early maths, art, the world around us, personal social and emotional and physical development and musical. Each morning session in the playgroup is three hours and includes a healthy snack buffet break.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education

Who the charity helps

  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Playgroup/after schools

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Charitable purposes

The Group is established to promote play learning environments for all children under statutory school age (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiaries) of Loughgall and its surrounding environs in County Armagh (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: a) 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 b) to support the values and principles of Early Years.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name


  • 3 Trustees
  • 3 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mrs Lorna Glass, Ballygasey Road, Loughgall, Armagh, BT61 8HY

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Dean Forbes
Mr Philip Rodney Murdock
Miss Samantha Cummings

List of regions

  • Armagh City, Banbridge And Craigavon Council
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