# THE JOAN TURNBULL OPPORTUNITY GROUP FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 299671
- **Other names:** THE JOAN TURNBULL OPPORTUNITY PLAYGROUP FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, THE JOAN TURNBULL OPPORTUNITY PLAYGROUP FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, FIRST OPPORTUNITIES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 8, 1988
- **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=299671


## Contact

- **Address:** 7 Forest Gardens, Lyndhurst
- **Postcode:** SO43 7AF
- **Phone:** 07791 183931
- **Email:** firstopps@hotmail.com
- **Website:** www.firstopportunities.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT CHILDREN BELOW STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE WHO REQUIRE SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION BY: I) PROVIDING SAFE AND SATISFYING GROUP PLAY, WHICH IS TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CHILD, IN WHICH PARENTS TAKE PART WHEN APPROPRIATE;II) TO PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED SPECIALISTS MAY GIVE GUIDANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INDIVIDUAL CHILD AND THEIR FAMILY;(III) ENCOURAGING OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THROUGH WHICH PARENTS MAY HELP THE CHILDREN;(IV) SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH CHILDREN BY COMMISSIONING THE SERVICES OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS.

**Activities:** Provides theraputic play &amp; education for babies &amp; young children with special needs.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NEW FOREST DISTRICT
- Dorset
- Hampshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Catherine Ann de Hauteville Bowell** | Chair |  |
| Christine Woolley |  | Jan. 25, 2018 |
| FIONA ELIZABETH MORGAN |  | March 30, 2011 |
| JENIFER GURD |  |  |
| MELANIE JANE ALARCON |  |  |
| Ruth Herrod |  | May 27, 2021 |




