INVESTING IN CHILDREN

Registered charity 1213379 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INVESTING IN CHILDREN CIC

We work with children and young people to support them to have an effective voice in decisions that affect them.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE, HELP, AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE, THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(C) INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, DISABILITIES OR HEALTH CONDITIONS, TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, AND RAISING AWARENESS AMONG THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SERVICE NEEDS OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. (D) PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL CARE SERVICES FOR LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLE PAYNEchair
• Adam Clark
• Ben Ferguson Mr
• Catherine Bidwell
• DANIEL CONNOLLY
• Ethan David Joyce
• Victoria Ononeze

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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