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CIO: Christian Initiatives in Early Years Education (Love Early Years)
Registered Charity No. 1156884
Address: 100 Heathlands Park, Foxhall Road, Ipswich IP4 5TQ
Trustees
Mrs Ruth Andrews (chair); Rev Brian Andrews; Mrs Lucy Waterman; Rev Peter Michell; Mrs Angela Msumba; Mrs Jo Gilks; Mrs Helen Kear
Objects
The object of the CIO is, for the public benefit, the advancement of education in accordance with Christian principles, in the United Kingdom and such other parts of the world as the charity trustees may from time to time decide.
Aims and Activities
1. To nurture and support Early Years practitioners and settings holding Christian values
This was delivered through regular newsletters and emails, our magazine Early Days ; our website www.Love Early Years.com .
We changed our 10[th] of the month prayer meeting for partners and friends to a Zoom meeting three-monthly and partners were encouraged to pray at home on their own or with others in their locality on the other months.
The public benefit is that through nurturing and supporting practitioners we reduce the isolation in which many operate and create meaningful networks.
2.To advocate a holistic approach to Early Years care and education and encourage the highest quality care and education by offering mentoring and training.
During the past year training took place on Zoom for Physical Development, Preparing for Inspection and Setting up an Outdoor Nursery. We also planned face-to-face events in Kent and Nottingham, visiting Mr Noah’s and Heart Preschool to share good practice and network with other practitioners.
We kept our partners up to date with current research and campaigns and shared relevant articles via Facebook and Twitter. Our main project continued to be the preparation of a manual that explores how young children develop spiritual awareness.
The public benefit is improved quality as settings and churches reflect on and adapt their practice. This distinctive play-based approach to education with a Christian ethos offers a wider choice for parents.
3. To foster relationships between individuals and organisations holding similar values and rationale, in the UK and overseas.
During the year our presence on Facebook continued to grow and the use of other social media helped to build relationships between partners and with a much wider constituency.
The public benefit is that we encouraged practitioners to learn from national and international settings in order to inform their professional knowledge and understanding which encourages the development of strong practice based on knowledge and understanding of how children learn.
Performance
Lucy Waterman continued to serve as freelance Development Coordinator. She maintained our presence on social media. She has been gathering material and writing a practical manual on Nurturing Spirituality in the Under Fives. This year we made our previous Zoom training session available via YouTube and Eventbrite to share these resources more widely. We continued to support our partner settings via emails, newsletters and phone calls.
Early Days magazine continued to be a valuable resource to our partners. The editor, Peter Michell continues to find relevant and informative articles from contributors in several countries.
There were no new trustees added during the year. We held our first live AGM and Trustee Meeting since the pandemic at The Highbury Centre in London in March at which we planned our programme for 2022-23.
This report was agreed by the Trustees at their meeting on Saturday 25[th] March 2023
Christian Initiatives in Early Yearn Education End of Year Financial Statements Year ending 31 August 2022 Accounts prepared in Finance Coordinator Treasurer: Brian Andrews These accounts were accepted by the Trustees at their meeting on 25 March 2023 Registered as a CIO Charity No 1156884
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