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Little Acorns Community Playgroup

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £41.3K

  • Spending

    £60.1K

  • Charity no. 106324
  • Date registered. 08/06/2017

Public benefits

The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include: provision of play group facilities that provide educational and recreational facilities for pre-school children in and round Killyman to meet the needs of, and to improve children’s education, development, health and wellbeing. The direct benefits which flow from purpose include

advancement of education for children under statutory school age in receiving a balanced educational curriculum. These benefits are demonstrated through feedback from parents, annual inspections from health care professionals within the registered Health Care Trust and...  regular inspections from educational professionals. These benefits are demonstrated through feedback from beneficiaries, parents and play group leaders, and attendees at our events and activities using: evaluation forms, surveys, verbal feedback. In providing a play based educational environment there is no possibility of harm out weighing the benefit - there is no harm arising from any of the purposes. The charity’s beneficiaries are children under statutory school age in the play group that live in the Killyman area and its surrounding areas in County Tyrone. There is no private benefit to any individual - the only private benefit flowing from this purpose that it is incidental and is necessary for staff to receive on-going training in childcare. These benefits are necessary to ensure the highest quality of service benefits the beneficiaries.

What your organisation does

Little Acorns Community Play Group is established to enhance the development and education of children by promoting play based facilities and learning environments for all children under statutory school age in the Killyman and surrounding area. The Play Group operates without distinction of religion, culture, race or means by associating the

statutory authorities, community and voluntary organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to achieve our charitable purposes. We provide a play based curriculum for pre-school children as set by the Department of Education for Northern Ireland. We are open 5 days a week and we are an equal opportunity group where all parents and their children are welcome.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education

Who the charity helps

  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Playgroup/after schools

Charitable purposes

The aims of the Group is to enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents/guardians to understand and provide for the needs of their children by:- a) Offering appropriate play facilities, with the right of parents/carers to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of the Group, ensuring that the Group offers opportunities for all children regardless of religion, culture, race or means. b) Encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs of such children and their families in the local area. c) Support the values and principles of Early Years

Governing document

Constitution

Other name

  • 5 Trustees
  • 4 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Mrs Kathy Devlin
  • Mrs Tracey Owens
  • Stiofan Campbell
  • Mrs Sarah Leathem
  • Mrs Noeleen Rice

Contact details

Public Address

Little Acorns Community Playgroup, 5 Tamnamore Road, Dungannon, BT71 6RJ

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  • In Northern Ireland
  • Mid Ulster District Council

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