THE PLAYWORK FOUNDATION
Provides Advocacy, advice and information; Sponsors Or Undertakes Research; Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body for Playworkers and Playwork
Objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCHILDREN’S PLAY AND PLAYWORK, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY (I) PROVIDINGINFORMATION, (II) RAISING AWARENESS, (III) FACILITATING DISCOURSE (IV) CARRYING OUT RESEARCHAND (V) BUILDING CAPACITY.NOTESFOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘CHILDREN’S PLAY’ MEANS THE FREELY CHOSENPROCESS, PERSONALLY DIRECTED AND INTRINSICALLY MOTIVATED BY CHILDREN ANDYOUNG PEOPLE. THAT IS, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE DETERMINE AND CONTROL THECONTENT AND INTENT OF THEIR PLAY, BY FOLLOWING THEIR OWN INSTINCTS, IDEAS ANDINTERESTS, IN THEIR OWN WAY FOR THEIR OWN REASONS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘PLAYWORK’ MEANS THE PROFESSION OR VOCATIONDEDICATED TO THE PLAYWORK PRINCIPLES, AS DEFINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THEPLAYWORK PRINCIPLES SCRUTINY GROUP, OR WHICHEVER RECOGNISED BODY MAY SUCCEEDIT IN SUCH ROLE (SEE APPENDIX 2 FOR THE CURRENT PLAYWORK PRINCIPLES).
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
Trustees
- ALISON WOOD
- Anne-Marie Mackin
- Helen Stephenson
- Julia Green
- Margaret Anne Stobart
- Penelope Mary Dunn Wilson
- SARAH JANE BERRY
- SIMON JOHN BAZLEY
- Simon Rix
- Sion Lewis Edwards
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £0 | £990 |
| 31/03/2024 | £68 | £915 |
| 31/03/2023 | £121 | £1k |
| 31/03/2022 | £5k | £2k |
| 31/03/2021 | £40 | £120 |