Stepping Stones Pre-school Nursery Trustees, Annual Report for the year ended 31 August 2018 The trustees present their Annual Report for Stepping Stones Pre-school Nursery (also called Stepping Stones Playgroupl. Stepping Stones operates a pre-school nursery in North Belfast- it operates from St Gerard's Community Centre, 722 Antrim Road. Belfast. It caters annually for 24 local children of pre-primary school age. The Nursery, stated benefits are: the odvoncement of educotion.. enhanced positive eurly learning experiencesfor children in the "orea of benefit". which develops both their let7rning and socit71 skills,. improvement in healthy living in the areo through ongoing heolth ond hygiene Initiatives in the PIoygroup,- empowerment of porents to participate in the Playgroup which pmvAdes them with experience that they can use in other areu5 of community development. The public element of the benefits have been stated as: pmvided to the children Lfrom the" orea of benefit") ottending the Playgroup, t7nd thelr fomilies. As the Ploygroup serves different children/fomilies over time, the wider locol community benefitsfrom having o locolpre-school educational resource available to them. As parents are empowered through their participation in the Ploygroups, monagement committee. the local community benefitsfrom those pJrentS Using these skills/experiences in otherfields/orgonisatlons. The Trustees are confident that the statedlintended public benefit has continued during the year ended 31 August 2018.. all 24 places were filled, with the Management Committee overseeing the Nursery through periodic management meetings. During the year the Nursery generated a modest surplus of £60 (previous year £1,378), contributing towards its ongoing financial stability- these account51 prepared using the accrua15 basis, have been filed with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. In addition to income from Government funding for pre-school places the Management Committee undertook a number of fundraising activities during the year, the proceeds of which were used to buy new equipment for the Nursery. The Trustees during the year were as follows.. Catherine Beatty Ichairpersonl Kelly Hurson (Secretary) Peter Mcclean (Treasurer) Ursula Quinn Edwina Weiniger Eamonn Witson Staff are encouraged to continue their development with appropriate training. supported by the Nursery. The period after the year ended 31 August 2018 saw the Nursery achleve full local attendance once again. Peter Mcclean, Treasurer, 27 June 2018
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