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Status
Received: on time
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Income
£2.7K
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Spending
£1.0K
- Charity no. 108380
- Date registered. 17/01/2022
Public benefits
The direct benefits flowing from Purpose 1 include enhanced health and wellbeing, decreased isolation, greater sense of belonging within a community. The direct benefits flowing from Purpose 2 include greater understanding of child development and educational needs of young children, more willingness from parents to engage in play opportunities
with their children. The direct benefits flowing from Purpose 3 include increased awareness of the environmental implications of the toy industry, greater willingness to borrow instead of buying toys and more toys being reused, making a contribution towards climate change. The benefits will be demonstrated through feedback from our beneficiaries, evaluations of our services, increased attendance rates, statistics to show the amount of toys being borrowed and the positive impact this has on the environment. In providing peer support there is a slight risk of service-users becoming distressed in group sessions. However, our peer support leaders receive training and have supervision sessions, so this risk is small and manageable. Our beneficiaries are women and families with young children, predominantly in the Banbridge area, but is open to those residing in the whole of Northern Ireland. When the toy library purchases new toys and equipment, the businesses who sell these items will benefit. This is necessary for the functioning of the toy library.
What your organisation does
(1)We provide peer support groups (both walking and talking therapy groups) for women with perinatal mental health issues. Our community choirs promote the benefits of singing for mental health. We organise classes and meetups for mums and babies/toddlers, and also act as a signposting service for women to gain information on a range of classes and
services in the area - all of this aims to reduce the loneliness and isolation faced by new mothers. (2) We provide themed toy boxes according to a child's age and stage of development, with the aim of making it easier for carers to understand and support the needs of their children. Our play sessions encourage carers to engage in playing with their children and learn more about their educational needs. (3) We have an ever growing catalogue of toys available to borrow, from birth until approximately 5 years. Our borrowers can lend toys at a fraction of the cost to buy and help promote the ethos of borrowing and reusing, as opposed to buying and discarding toys when a child has outgrown them. By purchasing sustainably made toys, we are helping to support companies who prioritise environmental protection in the toy industry.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of health or the saving of lives
- The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Who the charity helps
- Carers
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Mental health
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Unemployed/low income
- Women
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Arts
- Community development
- Counselling/support
- Education/training
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation