Playground CC103¶
Playground is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Childcare category.
838 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 0.41% of all charities.
Keywords to find charities¶
UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.
The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:
\b(play-? ?(ground|area))\b
Distribution by size of charity¶
| Income band | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| Under £10k | 423 | 0.59% |
| £10k - £100k | 322 | 0.46% |
| £100k - £250k | 47 | 0.21% |
| £250k - £500k | 17 | 0.16% |
| £500k - £1m | 8 | 0.12% |
| £1m - £10m | 6 | 0.07% |
| Over £10m | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total | 823 | 0.43% |
Distribution by charity regulator¶
| Regulator | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| ccew | 777 | 0.45% |
| ccni | 37 | 0.51% |
| oscr | 24 | 0.10% |
| Total | 838 | 0.41% |
Ten largest charities (by income)¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| WINDMILL HILL CITY FARM LIMITED [Charity number: 277287] Windmill Hill City Farm provides a range of educational, recreational and therapeutic services and facilities to the local community including a farm and community gardens, a cafe, a variety of courses, activities and facilities for children and young people (a day-care nursery and playground), older peoples groups, and services for people with mental health issues or learning difficulties. |
£2,681,702 |
| CORAM'S FIELDS AND THE HARMSWORTH MEMORIAL PLAYGROUND [Charity number: 302963] An open access 7 acre children's playground and children's centre with an after school club and holiday activities and sports programme for children up to 16 years and a youth centre for 13-19 year olds. 1000 children daily in summer from diverse local community of south Camden. Grade II listed site formerly the Foundling Hospital site. Adults must have a child with them to come in. |
£2,264,867 |
| Family And Community Development West Lothian [Charity number: SC000843] To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of West Lothian and environs and in particular parents and children by associating with the residents, voluntary organisations and local authorities in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants. To secure the establishment of family centre premises for education, training, childcare and community business development, including The Range Adventure Playground to develop activities as described above. |
£1,543,092 |
| Clan Donald Lands Trust [Charity number: SC007862] 3.1 Operating and maintaining the Clan Museum on the Clan Lands in the Island of Skye for the purpose of fostering Clan sentiment and interest and the encouragement of education of members of the Clan and the general public in the history of the Highland Clans and Clan Donald in particular and the collection and preservation of records and traditions and objects of historic interest bearing on the history of Clan Donald. 3.2 The relief of those who are in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage and in selecting those individuals who may benefit from such assistance the Trustees shall be entitled to take into account an individual's connection with the Clan Donald (and its septs) and also his or her place of residence. 3.3 Providing funds to assist in the education of Clansmen, to provide scholarships at schools and universities for the sons and daughters of Clansmen. 3.4 Encouraging the advancement of education and the arts, heritage and culture by promoting the general public's understanding and appreciation of the history and traditions of the Lordship of the Isles, the Highland Clans and Clan Donald in particular. 3.5 Providing a recreational facility for the enjoyment of the general public through the management of the Trust's land and buildings and by providing, maintaining and making available facilities such as the gardens at Armadale Castle, a children's play area and a network of tracks and paths. |
£1,448,671 |
| OASIS CHILDREN'S VENTURE [Charity number: 1019626] Provision of Outdoor activities to vulnerable underprivileged children in the Lambeth area consisting of a Nature Garden, Karting Project and Adventure Playground Project. |
£1,200,797 |
| ACORN VENTURE ASSOCIATION [Charity number: 516925] Wide range on animals to stroke and feed, animal petting pavilion, shop-selling home produce free range meat,eggs,ice cream, Cafe, plant sales, woodland walk, play area, horse rides/RDA, birthday party room hire, day care service for people with special needs, special events throughout the year i.e halloween night, xmas grotto. |
£1,192,411 |
| HOLYWELL LEISURE CENTRE/CANOLFAN HAMDDEN TREFFYNNON [Charity number: 1170729] We provide for public use a wide range of facilities for various competitive sports, personal fitness, leisure, recreational and learning activities based around its : Swimming pools, Gymnasium, Sports hall, Community/Dance studio, Cafe, Soft Play area, Library, Meeting rooms and Health Suite together with access to Ysgol Treffynnon High School Sports hall & 4G pitch. |
£972,897 |
| ELHAP [Charity number: 1077508] ELHAP offers adventure play to children, young people and adult with disabilities and special needs from North East London and Essex areas. It is ELHAPs aim and purpose to ensure that all our children and young people, regardless of ability or dis-ability, have the opportunity to access our adventure playground to have fun, be challenged and to enjoy themselves. |
£874,925 |
| WEST SILVERTOWN VILLAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1049485] Operates Britannia Village Hall including children's play area.Runs and supports community activities.Distributes free newsletter locally about charity/voluntary activities.Assists local community with consultation on planning and social issues. |
£756,341 |
| Roar and Explore Dairy Farm Ltd [Charity number: NI107683] Roar and Explore has transformed a derelict space into a children’s indoor play centre, providing a safe, fun, social and educational environment for children and their guardians. It is based in Colin, West Belfast, an area in need of ‘sustainable social, economic and environmental regeneration’ targeted for redevelopment by the NI Executive under the Urban Villages initiative. Roar and Explore has created 17 local jobs, many taken up by the previously unemployed, and provides training opportunities for local people into employment. It has helped to address antisocial behaviour and dereliction and increased footfall in the shopping centre, improving the trade of struggling local businesses. Roar and Explore offers families an affordable fun resource which encourages education and development of children, providing healthy physical activity and play in a safe environment. It breaks the social isolation of families with young children, encourages parents to read with their children, and stimulates the imaginations and enthusiasm of children to learn through play and explore new experiences. It is the only indoor play area of its type with wheelchair access and was developed taking into account children with autism and other special needs. It is used by schools, youth groups, local teams and clubs, including children with severe learning disabilities. Roar and Explore runs a weekly timetable of sessions and over 4000 children have been provided with arts and crafts, cookery, music and rhymes, encouraging learning and the development of language skills. The Centre runs a book exchange. It is well-used by local parents and childminders and provides morning toddlers soft play sessions with free juice and toast. Any surplus profits from the Centre are used for charitable purposes in the local community. It recently opened a recreational area for older children, which is used by local youth clubs diverting children at risk of involvement in anti-social behaviour. |
£681,230 |
Ten random charities¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| FRIENDS OF BROOKSIDE - STREET [Charity number: 1112619] Friends of Brookside - Street raises money in order to fund classroom and playground resources. It also organises events to celebrate the children's progress and encourage families to become part of the school community. We are currently raising funds for new playground equipment. |
£21,573 |
| GOODENBER PLAY AREA ASSOCIATION [Charity number: 1041579] Provision of open air play area for young children of the community |
£29,195 |
| BURMARSH CHILDREN'S FUND [Charity number: 1113441] Burmarsh Children's Fund installed and now manages a playground at the centre of our rural community. Our aim is to provide a safe, well maintained playground for the use of the whole community, and to encourage community involvement in fundraising to support the playground. |
£578 |
| LEXDEN SPRINGS APPEAL FUND [Charity number: 273593] We exist to benefit the students of Lexden Springs Residential Special School, their families, teachers and carers.Our largest fundraising undertaken to date was c. £100,000 for specialist playground equipment. Other significant expenditures have been to provide holidays for students and minibuses. |
£11,342 |
| THE HYTHE PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION [Charity number: 1033604] Fundraising for school projects eg playground & school trips. Events include Halloween disco, Christmas fayre, Christmas evening, second hand uniform sales, mufti days & summer fayre. |
£18,518 |
| BEAUMONT PARISH HALL [Charity number: 1171188] Provide a parish hall with kitchen and stage for rental by anyone within the parish for the provision of meetings, lectures, classes and parties. There is also an enclosed, grassed field with a play area, wildlife garden and picnic tables. |
£49,415 |
| WIVELSFIELD VILLAGE HALL AND RECREATION GROUND CHARITY [Charity number: 235098] To provide recreation and leisure facilities for the inhabitants of Wivelsfield and its neighbourhood and a suitable venue for playgroup, clubs and societies. Main activities are to run the village hall together with the recreation ground, sports pavilion and annexe, children's play area and car park. |
£55,914 |
| FRIENDS OF JOTMANS HALL [Charity number: 1108437] Raising money forJotmans Hall Primary School to purchase leasing of computers, hall staging, playground equipment, blinds, shelters. |
£6,405 |
| ORCHARD ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND SOCIETY [Charity number: 277678] FOR THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN RESIDENT IN EXETER. |
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| ST MELLANS PARK RECREATION GROUND [Charity number: 1014738] Play area, picnic tables |
