Glens Childcare Committee

Public benefits

The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include • A safe and nurturing environment where children can play and learn. • Enhance healthy early brain development through play • Opportunities for children to create, invent, reason and problem solve • Opportunities to build attachment between adults and children as they play together, and

share time and experiences • Learn social skills as they negotiate with peers, resolve conflict, take turns, share and make friends • Build resilience to enable them to cope with new situations and manage stress and adapt to change • • Families also benefit as the organisations provides; • • A space where families can create their own locally based friends and social networks • A place where parents and caregivers can support each other through sharing ideas, parenting experiences, concerns and information • Build family capacity through peer support • A place where families can build long-term friendships as their children grow and transition to school • An affordable and regular opportunities for families to meet A private benefit to trustees may arise from our programme of ongoing training in good governance, finance etc. Through this training trustees gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits are incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. These benefits are demonstrated through feedback from parents and the local schools. There is no harm. The charity’s beneficiaries children under 5yrs living in Cushendall and the surrounding areas The organisation’s beneficiaries also indirectly include family members who accompany their children to the childcare/play sessions.

What your organisation does

Run a parent and toddler voluntary group for children 0 to 5 two days a week in Cushendall. We have approximately 20 children per day, we have no paid staff and operate from parish hall.