# ST MARY&#x27;S PLAYGROUP (CHURCHDOWN)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1097701
- **Other names:** OUR LADY&#x27;S PLAYGROUP
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 28, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1097701


## Contact

- **Address:** St. Mary&#x27;s Playgroup, Cheltenham Road East, GLOUCESTER
- **Postcode:** GL3 1HU
- **Phone:** 07706 496284
- **Email:** info@playgroupstmarys.org.uk
- **Website:** www.playgroupstmarys.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE AIM OF THE GROUP IS TO EMBODY THE VISION OF PATA THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF 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: (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 OF THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND RECOGNITION OF SUCH NEEDS IN THE LOCAL AREA

**Activities:** Playgroup run by committee of elected parents, also employ an administrator. Close relations with Ofsted, PATA and Early Years and Childcare Service. Close links with church and school whose grounds we operate from. Fundraise to replenish toys and equipment. Also to provide astro turf surface to outside play area.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE CHURCHDOWN
- Gloucestershire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Andrew Richard Keegan-Knowles** | Chair | Oct. 21, 2025 |
| Emily Free King |  | Oct. 21, 2025 |
| Frances Travers |  | Oct. 2, 2024 |
| Gabriela Garcia Veintimilla |  | Oct. 2, 2024 |
| Lucy Thomas |  | Oct. 21, 2025 |
| Natalie Walker |  | Oct. 2, 2024 |
| Rita Chigozie Ikenna-Augustine |  | Oct. 21, 2025 |




