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|Babs Hannis
(Playgroup
Manager)|Babs Hannis
(Playgroup
Manager)||||||||||||||
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|Description
ofthe charity's trusts|||||||||||||||
||Type of governing
document|Constitution|||||||||||||
||How the charity is constituted|Association|||||||||||||
||Trustee selection
methods|Self nomination|||and||then appointed
by existing committee||||||members||
|Additional
governance
issues (Optional|||information)||||||||||||
|You may choose to include||A welcome||email is|||sent to|all new trustees|||with|information|such as:||
|additional
information,
where||1.|a copy||ofthe||constitution||||||||
|relevant,
about:||2.|links|to|local||policies|on|the playgroup
website||||||
|~|policies and procedures|3.|links|useful||government|||documents||such|as:|||
||adopted
for the induction
and
training
oftrustees;|||||~|Early
2016|years and childcare
(as a reference tool)||||registration|handbook|Jan|
|~|the charity's
organisational|||||~|Statutory||framework||for the EYFS||||
||structure
and any wider|||||~|Early|years inspection|||||||
||network
with which the charity|||||~|Early|years outcomes|||doc|2013|||
||works;||||||||||||||
|~|relationship
with any related|The organisational||||structure||is|as follows:||||||
||parties;|Senior|management||||team (committee
members)||||||||
|~|trustees'
consideration
of|/|||||||||||||
||major risks and the system|Playgroup
Manager|||||||||||||
||and procedures
to manage|/|||||||||||||
||them.|Administrator,|||Play|Leader and|||Playgroup|Assistant|||||
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|||As|per
the
Constitution„
the|||Aim
of|||Birdlip|and||Brimpsfield|||||
|||Playgroup
is to enhance
the development,|||||||care|and|education|||||of|
|||children||primarily
under statutory||school|||age and also|||of||children|||
|||and|young
people
of school|||age
by|||encouraging|||parents||||to|
|||understand
and
provide
for the||||needs||of their||children||||through|||
|||community
(voluntary
managed)||||groups||and by:|||||||||
|Summary
ofthe objectives of
the charity set out in its
governing
document|||(a)|offering
appropriate
play facilities and training
courses, together
with the right of parents to take responsibility
for and to become
involved
in the
activities
of such
groups,
ensuring
that
such
groups
offer opportunities
for all
children
and
young
people,|||||||||||||
|||||whatever
their race, culture,||religion,||means or ability;|||||||||
||||(b)|encouraging
the study ofthe needs|||ofsuch children|||||and||their|||
|||||families and promoting
public interest|||||in and recognition|||||of|such||
|||||needs
in the local area; and|||||||||||||
||||(c)|instigating
and adhering
to|and furthering
the|||||Aim|ofPATA.||||||
|||We|provide a community
playgroup|||facility|in||a rural environment,||||||at|an|
|||affordable cost (which otherwise
may not be||||||available||to those|||with||||
|||limited funds oraccess).|||||||||||||||
|Summary
ofthe main
activities
undertaken
for the
public benefit in relation to||The committee
members
have complied
with their duty to have
regard to the Charity Commission's
public benefit guidance.|||||||||||due||||
|these objects (include within|||||||||||||||||
|this section the statutory|||||||||||||||||
|declaration
that trustees|have||||||||||||||||
|had regard to the guidance|||||||||||||||||
|issued
by the Charity|||||||||||||||||
|Commission
on public|||||||||||||||||
|benefit)|||||||||||||||||
|Additional
details ofobjectives||and activities (Optional
information)|||||||||||||||
|You may choose to include|||||||||||||||||
|further statements,
where|||||||||||||||||
|relevant,
about:|||||||||||||||||
|~
policy on grantmaking;|||||||||||||||||
|~
policy programme
related|||||||||||||||||
|investment;|||||||||||||||||
|~
contribution
made by|||||||||||||||||
|volunteers.|||||||||||||||||
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|Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe
during the year|||charity|Birdlip and Brimpsfield
Playgroup
is a small community
playgroup
offering three
morning
sessions a week for children
aged 2 to 5 years.
To encourage
future
intake, a parent and baby/toddler
session is also held on a Thursday
morning.
In addition,
the staff run the Breakfast Club in association
with
Birdlip School.|||||||
|||||The main achievements
for the last year were:|||||||
|||||1)continuing
to provide a safe and friendly
learning|||environment||||
|||||throughout
the year.
All staff are DBSchecked and have relevant||||||up-to-|
|||||date first aid training.
Government
guidance
regarding|||Covid-19|has||been|
|||||adhered
to and provision
has continued
throughout||this|difficult time;||||
|||||2) continuing
to improve the financial
position|ofplaygroup.||||||
|||||3)continuing
to improve the outdoor play and learning space.|||||||
|||||Playgroup
uses the local school's playground
for the||outdoor space|||and||
|||||continues
to ensure that toys are maintained
and the area safe and|||||fun to||
|||||use; and|||||||
|Brief statement
ofthe
charity's
policy on reserves||||We are looking to build
up a reserve, to be set at the equivalent
ofa
terms
running
costs (approx F12,000). To achieve this, we are aiming to
set aside F500 each term (f1,500 pa) into our deposit account to build|||||||
|||||our reserves again.
The policy has commenced.|||||||
|Details ofany funds
in deficit||materially||None|||||||
|Further financial
review details||||(Optional
information)|||||||
|You may choose to||include|||||||||
|additional
information,|||where||||||||
|relevant
about:|||||||||||
||the charity's
principal||||||||||
||sources offunds
(including||||||||||
||any fundraising);||||||||||
|~|how expenditure|has|||||||||
||supported
the key objectives||||||||||
||ofthe charity;||||||||||
|~|investment
policy|and|||||||||
||objectives
including||any||||||||
||ethical investment|policy|||||||||
||adopted.||||||||||
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|B1Cash||funds|||||Cash at Bank||||15,926|||||
|||||||||Total|cash funds||15,626|||||
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|B2Other||monetary assets||||||||||||||
|B3Investment|||||assets||Details|||Fund to which
asset belon s||Cost (optional)|||Current value
o tional|
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asset helen
s||Cost (optional)|||Current value
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|B4Assets|||retained for|||the||||||||||
|charity's||own use||||||||||||||
|||||||||||Fund|to which|Amount due|||When due|
|B5Liabilities||||||||||liabili|relates|o|tional||o tional|
|Signed by one or two trustees
behalf ofall the trustees||||||on|Signature||||Print|Name|||Date of|
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