Kids Inn After School Club NIC100918 Financial Statements and Trustees, Report For the year ended 30th June 2024 Kids Inn After School Club Contents Page Trustees, Report Independent Examiner's Report Receipts and Payments account Statement of assets and liabilities Kids Inn After School Club 'I'riistecs' Report For tl)e year ended 30 Julie 2024 Trustees: Mrs Mary Slevin Mi's Kii'siy MullJn Mr SILphLn Raiiicy Mrs Cill'ol Clcaiy Mi'.8 Emnicl Cascy Miss Alina Fclcu Charity Niimbcr: NICI()0918 A(Idrcss: ThL' Valc Ccnlrc C'.looncy Iload Cirey%leL'I Dcrry BT47 3GE th Kids Inn After School Club is governed by a constitution dated 29 January 2012 and registered with the th Charity Commission for Northern Ireland on 28 November 2014 under charity number NIC100918. Our Vision At Kids Inn our vision 15 to provide high quality play care for children that will differentiate us and enable us to become the childcare provider of choice for families in the local communities. At Kids Inn child ren will play, learn and develop in a safe and secure environment providing positive play experiences in their childhood, from a qualified, experienced and passionate staff team. Kids Inn After School Club Trustees, Report th For the ycar ciided 30 June 2024 (coiit'd) Mlssion To the children: To seek and provide a variety of formal and informal play opportunities in a suitable and flexible environment which will contribute to everyone's learning and development. To our staff: We are committed to proving our staff with equal opportunities for learning and personal development to encourage innovation and continuous improvement in the effectiveness of Kids Inn and to proinote respect and great parent.practitioner relationships. Values At Kids Inn we believe that play is a natural, healthy activity and that providing good quality play opportunities means ensuring choice, equality of opportunity, recognising children's abilities, respecting children's needs and wishe5 and allowing children space, time and understanding for plav. Kids Inn is primarily an After-school club setting and is a registered charity. At Kids Inn we provide put of school care for children aged 4-12 years old. This enables parents in the local communities to be able to work, train or return to further education in the knowledge their children are bein8 cared for in a safe, secure and stimulating environment. Kids Inn has been in operation since January 2001, at present we cater for 30 children at any one time. The club is open from 2pm until 6pm every day during term time and operates from 8am to 6pm during school closures. The club offers a full-time summer scheme over the summer months. At Kid5 Inn we offer the children a varied programme of activities which are planned around their development, interests and ideas. These activitie5 include arts and crafts, cookery, games, opportunity for outdoor physical and challenging play etc. Kids Inn is registered with the Western Health and Social Care Trust and is inspected annually. Kids Inn After School Club Trustees, Report For the year ended 30 Julie 2024 (cont'd) Objective5 Is to offer a welcoming, secure, safe, stimulating and healthy environment by providing the following.. Caring, friendly, motivated, experienced and qualified staff A bright, attractive and welcoming Club where parents feel content leaving their children A high standard of up-to-date policies and procedure5 to adhere to Safe, educational and stimulating equipment and resources A high standard of supervision from play workers always A healthy a nutritlOUS snack and foods throughout the day. A place where children can be happy and feel valued Aims and Objectlves At Kids Inn we aim to provide a variety of play opportunities and experiences that meet all children's ind ivid ual needs and interests as well as contributing to their learninE and development. We have a weekly pla n ner displayed for parental viewing and base our pan around children's interests, ideas and needs. We provide activities such as: Construction and games Puzzles and books Pretend Plav Sand and Water Arts and crafts Cookin8 Activitie5 Indoor and outdoor Physical play Computers Climbing frames/tunnels Messy play opportunities Sensory play Role plav Gardening/ Natural play Kids Inn After School Club Triistees, Rep()rt For tlie year ended 30 Julie 2024 (L()nt'd) Our aim is to give as much freedom of choice to children as possible. We achieve this by having weekly Kids Inn discussion meetings, to gather ideas and personal interests from the children. We then draw up our programmes around these interests. The play workers set up optional daily activities for the children to participate in The playworkers aim to extend the chiSdren's play opportunities by providing them with resources required to build on and f urther their ideas The play workers will give the children their own space to develop ideas in play and will only intervene if the child requests for them to do so of for health and safety reasons We have boundaries and agreed rules within the group which are on display, the aim of this method is to promote positive behaviour. All play workers are made aware of the play values and principles at their induction and implement these within their practice daily. We also aim to provide training in order to support the play worker5 continued professional development, Addltlonal Needs At Kids Inn we recognise that children with disabilities and learnin8 disabilities have the right to services a nd facilities in such a way that they can achieve the fullest possible social integration a nd individual development. Kids Inn aims to provide access and support for children with individual needs and requirements. At kids, inn we will ma ke every effort to ensure that children with special needs are integrated with other children and adults. We will also ensure that there is a range of equipment and resources to support ind ivid ual learning and development. The role of The Early Years Team Kids Inn works closely with The Western Health and Social Care Early Years Team to ensure we provide the best possible environment and service to ensure the children are cared for in a safe, welcoming environment where they can flourish. Kids Inn is inspected annually by WHSCT and all records are available for pa rents to view. Kids Inn After School Club J'rustees, Ileport For the year endL.d .30 ,lune 21124 (ciint'd) Parental Information At Kids Iriii we are rnanaged by a voluntary committee of present and past parents. Wp strive to improve the seNico we provide and are always workin8 towards future improverne.nts. This is Something we cannot acliieve. without the help of service users- our parenls. We are continuoLJsly enctsuraging parcnts to attend cominittee nieetings and have their 5aY/ideas in their child/children's cliildcare provision. Kids Inn comniittee meet monthly io ensure the smooth running of the orE31iisation. Pai'ents are give.ii a parental handbook at registration with all relevant information and some of our policies and pror.p.durp.s (ire including all parent's SlEn up to policies and procedures and complete coiisent forms at registration. Parents are niade aware that they can view all our policies and proccdures and their cliild's files at any time. The. Trustees have had regard to the Public benefit 8uidance i55ued by the Charity Commi55ion for Northern Ireland. Tlie results of the charily's activities during the. year and of its position at the year end are included in the Receipts and payments account on page 6 and the Statement of assets and liabilities on page 7. This report was approved by the Tru5tee5 on 6, November 2024 and signed on their behalf by.. Kirsly Mull'in 'rniblLL Steplien Raiii .1 rustee liidcpendcnt cxaminer's report to the charity trustees of Ki(Is Inii Aftcr School Club WL rcport 011 tIIL aLL()Linl% i)r ihc Kids Inii AftLr SLlI()c)I Cliib foi. tIIL ycar Liidcd 3U Juiic 2094, whiLII qL rc sct out on PilbYL% () to 7. RcspL'L'tivc responsibilitics of charity trustees aiid cxamincr As tli¢ Lliarily, s ifLlStccs you arc rcsponsiblc for tlic prcpai'atioii ()I' Ihc accouiits iii acLC)i-(laiicL with tlic Charitie5 Acl (Nortlicrii Ii'e11< n(1} 2008. It is oiir rcspoiisibil ily l(): cxaininc thc ciccounts undcr scction 65 of thL Charitics Act foll()w ihL proccdiircs laid down in iIILb b)cncral Direclic)ns givcn by thc Coinniis5iOIi uii(ILr %LLtion 65(C)){b) of tlie Charitics Acl statc wliether P¢irliLiilar mattcrs1111ve L()mL lo oiir attciitioii. Basis of indcpendcnt cxaminer's rei)ort Wc liavc exaiiiiiied yL)Iir LhLqrity accouiits as rLqiiircd iindcr se¢tic)n 65 ()I' Ihc Cliai'itics Act and our exainination wd% carricd out iii aLL()rdanLC with tlie geiier