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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 August 2024
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 September 2023
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31 August 2024
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
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This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 31 August 2024
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Raw Learning Community CIC is a team of people focused on making a difference to children and young people's lives, addressing the challenges that children and young people with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) face. We are a mixture of qualified teachers, forest school leaders, lived experience family support volunteers and students wanting to learn about how to support neurodivergence in an academic setting. Our Aims and Objectives We aim to make a difference to children and young people's lives, addressing the challenges that children and young people with SEND (Special Educational Needs & Disabilities) face. Raw Learning Community CIC will take the initiative to work with this vulnerable group by empowering them with community projects in Rochford, Southend and the surrounding areas and by allowing them to understand their neurotype and thrive as a result. Our objective is to enable children and young people to reach their full potential and enjoy happy and fulfilling lives without isolation, to build their skills, confidence and self-esteem in order that they can address the challenges they face. Children and young people are enabled to improve and manage their mental health themselves, reducing their dependency on other services. This all contributes to enhanced resilience for the child or young person and their family. Directors – Rachel King, Gemma Cartwright and Elaine Hall Current Activities - Setting for children with learning differences and anxiety. Raw Learning Community CIC fundraises to support its activities by applying to trusts and foundations for grants, through events and donations received. Our young learners that are not currently on roll at a school can access our provision at a reduced fee and so that we can extend support to be responsive to the community we serve. The families accessing our setting are desperate to find a community and safe, comfortable space where their children can thrive. Our setting provides an opportunity to learn outdoors with a focus on wellbeing. The children we work with are autistic, ADHD, hypermobile and may have sensory differences and anxiety. They struggle to fit in with mainstream education but do not meet the threshold for a limited number of special educational needs schools. - During the reporting year we moved to a new site in Southend at Garon Park temporarily whilst our new home in Rochford was prepared. There were 54 children aged 5-16 developing skills; PSHE skills including independence, self-discovery and communication whilst building their self-esteem and confidence. Raw Learners learn to take calculated risks, use their initiative and develop opportunities to co-regulate with people who understand their needs. - Children attend up to 4 times per week in the mornings during term time. 75% of the children have un-electively de registered from school due to poor mental health and unmet needs and the remaining young people complement this with their mainstream schooling or EOTAS (Educated other than at school) packages. - We have regular training on safeguarding and have set out our policies and procedures around this linking in with the Essex and Southend Local Safeguarding Boards. We follow their updates also. The outdoor setting enables art activities, science experiments, development of physical skills and more. Although sessions are adult-led and are child-centred and flexible in small groups to enable children to follow their own learning preferences and interests. Specialist interventions enable a multi-sensory, kinaesthetic approach. Positive wellbeing is a foundation of all our activity as it impacts on happiness, security and fulfilment; all key to learning. Strong wellbeing enables a child to be ready and eager to learn. - We have recently started sessions in the summer holidays and for children under 5 at our Stay and Play sessions to also enjoy the larger outdoor space we are benefiting from
The company's stakeholders are families of Essex and Southend. We ask for quarterly feedback for parents / carers that use our services. We are proud to support children who have the following learning disabilities: Our Raw Learners are suspected or diagnosed with: - Dyslexia - Dyspraxia - ADHD - Autism Spectrum Condition - Auditory processing difficulties - sensory needs - hypermobility Below is feedback we have received from surveying the children we support and their care-givers; - 100% of our children feel safe at Raw Learning - 100% of our children say that they feel a part of the Raw Learning community - 100% of parents say that their child's anxiety is reduced when they are at Raw Learning - 100% think their children have built trust at Raw Learning in spite of their differences - 100% of parents believe that their child has improved the ability to express their emotions and feelings more articulately because of the support we have offered - 100% of parents think that their neurodivergent child has learnt to be themselves again because of Raw Learning's work - 100% of parents said that their child suffered with anxiety but that it was made better at Raw Learning The activities which are most appreciated at Raw Learning are: - Woodwork - 50% - Forest School activities - 87% - Cooking - 63% - Walking and talking -75% - Maths, English and Science - 44% Our results show that our work with neurodivergent children is making a positive difference to their well-being. We wish to build on this in the coming years and support more young people.
No remuneration was received
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
12 May 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Rachel King
Status: Director