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Removed
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This charity was removed from the register on 21 Oct 2025
- Charity no. 105981
- Date registered. 22/12/2016
Public benefits
Busy Bee Cross Community Playgroup’s purpose of the advancement of education provides a direct public benefit to pre-school children in Maghera and surrounding villages. The provision of our service enhances the knowledge and understanding of the children who attend our Playgroup. The pre-school year is a very important year for developing a
child’s lifelong love of learning by creating a stimulating and rewarding learning environment. The indirect public benefit extends to families of children who attend Playgroup. While Playgroup harnesses a child’s early learning potential, it is hoped this will benefit families as they will have children who will engage with education to ensure they receive an education which will benefit them in future with regards to securing meaningful employment. The wider benefit of the Playgroup’s work is a harmonious community as a community which learns together can live together. The benefits are evidenced through feedback from our Social Services inspections, our ETI inspections, parent questionnaires and the ongoing self evaluations of our setting and the ongoing observations and development of the children attending our setting. Our latest ETI inspection report issued in May 2016 stated: "Busy Bee Cross Community Playgroup has a high level of capacity for sustained improvement in the interest of all the learners" and "The quality and effectiveness of leadership, management and action to promote improvement is now very good". There is no harm in promoting and engaging children with Education. The Charity's beneficiaries are pre-school children and the wider community who benefit from children engaging with education. There is no private benefit flowing from our purpose of providing pre-school education.
What your organisation does
Of the 12 descriptions of purposes in the Charities Act, Busy Bee Cross Community Playgroup’s purpose fits within description number 2 which is “The advancement of education”. The Staff guided by the Management Committee and Early Years Specialist deliver the Early Years Curriculum as laid down by the Department of Education. Indeed, in Busy Bee
Playgroup we are subject to Inspections by the ETI to ensure the Early Years Curriculum is being delivered correctly. We are also governed by Social Services who complete regular inspections to ensure standards of safety, child protection and education are being upheld.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
Who the charity helps
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
How the charity works
- Education/training
- Playgroup/after schools
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 Maghera area and its surrounding environs in County Londonderry (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.