THE JOAN TURNBULL OPPORTUNITY GROUP FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Registered charity 299671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIRST OPPORTUNITIES, THE JOAN TURNBULL OPPORTUNITY PLAYGROUP FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, THE JOAN TURNBULL OPPORTUNITY PLAYGROUP FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

Provides theraputic play & education for babies & young children with special needs.

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.

Area of benefit: NEW FOREST DISTRICT

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: New Forest, South 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.

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• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Ann de Hauteville Bowellchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Christine Woolley
• FIONA ELIZABETH MORGAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• JENIFER GURD
• MELANIE JANE ALARCON
• Ruth Herrod

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Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire

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