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if| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Chris Willow||Chair|||||| ||Nigei Freeth||Chair||From 21.09.2020|||| ||Matthew|Gayne|Treasurer||From 21.09.2020|||| ||Zoe Sutton||Secretary|||||| ||Natasha|Cole|Administration|||||| ||Stacey|Hudd|Health|&Safety ft||||| ||||Safeguarding|||||| ||Fiona Morse||Communications|||||| ||Philippa|Mc{ntyre|Poiicies|||||| ||Samantha||Staff Care|||||| ||Bloemsma|||||||| ||Katy Grieves||Fundraising|||||| ||Gemma|Binden-||||||| ||Blood|||||||| |12||||||||| |13||||||||| |14||||||||| |15||||||||| |18||||||||| |17||||||||| |18||||||||| |19||||||||| |20||||||||| ## |Description ofcharity's||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |trusls:||||| |Type of governing
document|Para 1.25|Constitution||| |Hcw is the charity|Para 1.25|Unincorporated|Charity Governed|by| |constituted?||Constitution||| |.5 r,. : r;"**.**a:-,-a-.-:ted||||| |Trustee selection methods||By Election||| |including
details ofany||||| |constitutional
provisions e.g.||||| |election to post or name of||||| |any person or body entitled||||| |to appoint one or more||||| |trustees||||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction|Para 1.51| |---|---|---| |and training oftrustees||| |The charity's
structure
and|organisational
any wider|Para 1.51| |network
with|which the|| |chanty works||| |Relationship|with any related|Para 1.51| |parties||| ## ## |Review ofthe charity's||Para 121|This year the|preschool|lost K4,536,which| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |financial
position atthe end|||was primarily|caused by|lower numbers| |ofthe period|||due to COVID-19, and reduced fundraising||| ||||options. The year ended||with F34,904 in| ||||cash which is|a healthy|balance given the| ||||circumstances.||| |Statement
explaining
the|||We follow the|Preschool|Learning
Alliance| |policy for holding reserves|||policy on having a reserve account to cover||| |stating
why they are held|||the cost ofredundancies||and outstanding| ||||creditors
in the event the Preschool would||| ||||have todose.||| |Amount
ofreserves
held|||||| |Reasons for holding zero||Para 1.22|N/A||| |reserves|||||| |Details offund materialiy|in|Para 1.24|||| |deficit
Explanation
ofany
concern||Para 1.23|N/A||| |uncertainties
about the|||||| |charity continuing
as a going|||||| |The charity's
principal
sources offunds (including|Para 1.47| |---|---| |any fundraising)|| |Investment
policy and|| |objectives induding
any|| |social investment
policy|| |adopted|| |A descripfion
ofthe principal|| |risks facing the charity|| |Other|| |Ofcourse there was the big issue of| |---| |COVID 19,this also had a big eflect on our| |numbers
as we could not accept new| |children
and maintain
bubbles ofexisting| |children. We were also unable to hold| |planned
fundraising
events.| |However, we were able to continue to offer| |care to key worker and vulnerable
children| |care during lock down with three out ofour| |five staff continuing
working
(Myself,| |Sabrina and Kelly). We also managed| |financially
due to reduced outgoings and| |the grant continuing.
These staff also| |completed a variety ofonline training
and| |continually
added activities on Tapestry| |and Facebook for families at home to do| |and encouraged
communication| |throughout.
Staff unable to work also| |completed
online training at home and| |contributed
to adding some activities and| |stories to Tapestry.| |This year has had some huge positives, the| |stalf showed they couki adapt brilliantly to| |change, slapping
up to every challenge| |and ensuring
the children were happy and| |settled throughout.| |The Committee
demonstrated
their support| |by trusfing the preschool to continue to| |function on their own, trusfing our decisions| |and continuing
monthly
meetings
via| |skype.| |We also built up a stronger relafionship| |with the school as fora few weeks we ran| |pre-school from the school as all the| |children we had in had siblings at the| |school and we felt this would be more| |settling forthem, as on a few days there| |would only be one child and we didn't feel| |this was fair. The school were very| |accommodating,
and we worked very well| |together.| |Additional|information|information|(optional)|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma|choose to include further statamenb|||where relevant
about||| |||||Despite all the challenges
we have faced||| |||||we still achieved our Bristol|standards|| |Achievements||against|Para 1.41|award as planned.||| |objectives set||||The team have successfully|made|| |||||necessary
adaptions
for the|current climate|| |||||and the preschool has remained
open.||| |||||Staff traini
has continued|to take|ace.| |Policy on|sociai investment|sociai investment|sociai investment|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |including|program||related|||| |investment||||||| |||||Our Committee||is made up ofa number of| |||||volunhmrs|which|cover all the main roles| |Contribution||made|by|that we require to run the Pre-School||| |volunteers||||effectively|and efficiently. These include|| |||||Chair, Treasurer,||Secretary, Adminislration,| |||||Health &|Safety,|Safeguarding,
Policies,| |||||Communications,||Fund Raising and Staff| |||||Care||| ## ||||We have had avery dilferent year ail| |---|---|---|---| ||||round. Over the previous few years our| ||||numbers
were higher sowe took on an| |Summary|ofthe main||extra member ofstaff which has worked| |achievements
ofthe charity,
idenbfying
the dilference the
chanty's
work has made to
the circumstances
ofits
beneficiaries
and any wider|||out brilliantly
but did result
in us having
more staff costs at the start ofthe year
especially
in reiation to our lower numbers
in September.| |benefits tosociety as a|||We got olftoagreat start with children| |whole.|||settling well enjoying a range ofactivities| ||||some more structured
adult led but iargeiy| ||||following the children's
direction and| ||||interests. We also enjoyed trips tothe| ||||arboretum
in autumn
and the theatre at| ||||Christmas
time.| ||||Statf have attended a variety oftraining| ||||and this has led to us adapting
some ofour| ||||planning
and SEN support,
which is| ||||working
reafiy weil, we especially
noticed| ||||the great progress ofthe children
under| ||||SEN support
with the new changes
in| ||||place.| ||||We would
normally expect numbers
to| ||||grow throughout
the year but this did not| ||||happen as much as usual, one ofthe| ||||reasons we feel may have had an impact is| ||||the lack offundraising
evenS and therefore| ||||the awareness
ofthe preschool last year.| ||||We passed our Bristol standards
award-full| ||||submission| ## ## ## ## ## |Summary|ofthe purposes of|ofthe purposes of|Para 1.17|The aim ofthe Association
shall be to| |---|---|---|---|---| |the charity as set out||in its||advance the education
ofchildren belaw| |governing|document|||compulsory
school age by:| |||||a)
Providing safe and satis/ying
group| |||||play,
in which parents have the right| |||||to take part| |||||b)
Encouraging
other charitable| |||||activities through
which parent may| |||||help the children| |||||c)
Furthering
the aim ofthe Pre-School| |||||Ptaygroups
Association| |Summary
activities|ofthe main
in relation tothose||Para 1,17aarr
1.19|We are a village preschool taking up to 18
children a session, between the ages cf| |purposes|for the public|||2.5-5years old. The children
who attend| |benefit, in particular,||the||are mostly from Ashton Keynes, with some| |8cfivlll8s,|proiects ol'|||coming from the surrounding
villages.| |services Idenfified
In||the||Our Ofsted rating at our last inspection was| |accounts.||||GOOD and we have secured the Bristot| |||||Standards
Quality Assurance
award.| |||||As a registered
childcare setting,
children| |||||are eligible forgovernment
funding
covering 15hours ofcare from the start af| |||||the term alter a child turns 3years old, as| |||||well as the 2yr okl grant We are now open| |||||for30hours so parents can take up tothe| |||||30hour funding
available for wortdng| |||||parents.| |Statement|confirming||Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard tothe| |whether the trustees||have||guidance
issued by the Charily| |had regard to the guidance||||Commission
on public benefit.| |issued by|the Charity|||| |Commission
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