Bibles for Children is a charity in the United Kingdom registered with the Charity Commission. [1] It was established in 1997 by Ted Hudson with the aim of advancing the understanding of the Christian religion through the provision of The Children's Bible Story Book (1991) by Anne de Graaf to every Primary School child in Great Britain. During its first thirteen years of operation, the charity provided Children's Bibles to 264,000 pupils in over 1100 schools in 102 Local Education Authorities throughout England, Wales and Scotland. Bibles for Children works closely with the headteachers of Primary Schools.
The Charity Commission for England and Wales is the non-ministerial government department that regulates registered charities in England and Wales and maintains the Central Register of Charities. Since the 2000s, governance of charities in the United Kingdom has been devolved; operating in other parts of the country are the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.
In the United Kingdom, independent schools are fee-charging schools, typically governed by an elected board of governors and independent of many of the regulations and conditions that apply to state-funded schools. For example, pupils do not have to follow the National Curriculum. Historically, the term 'private school' referred to a school in private ownership, in contrast to an endowed school subject to a trust or of charitable status. Many of the older and more exclusive independent schools catering for the 13–18 age range in England and Wales are known as public schools, seven of which were the subject of the Public Schools Act 1868. The term 'public school' derived from the fact that they were then open to pupils regardless of where they lived or their religion. Prep (preparatory) schools educate younger children up to the age of 13 to 'prepare' them for entry to the public schools and other independent schools. Some former grammar schools converted to an independent fee-charging model following the 1965 Circular 10/65, which marked the end of their state funding; others converted into comprehensive schools.
A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being.
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets is seafarers' charity in the United Kingdom and the national organization for Sea Cadets.
Education Otherwise (EO) is a registered charity based in England. From a modest start made by a small group of parents in 1977, Education Otherwise (EO) has grown to become a well respected and vibrant registered charity, supporting and advising home educating families in England and Wales.
The School Library Association (SLA) is an independent organization in the United Kingdom which promotes libraries and literacy in schools. The SLA was founded in 1937 and is based at Kembrey Park in north-eastern Swindon. It is a charity registered in England & Wales and Scotland.
Reception is the first year of primary school in England and Wales. It comes after nursery and before Year One in England and Wales, or before Primary 2 in Northern Ireland.
The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity based in London, England, that promotes literacy.
The Chrysalis School was an independent school for autistic children in Hertfordshire, England. The school moved to Hitchin before closing in 2011. It used the model of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) to facilitate teaching its pupils.
The Mulberry Bush School is an independent residential special school in the village of Standlake in Oxfordshire, for children aged 5 to 12 years.
Absolute Return for Kids (ARK), is an international children's educational charity based in London, UK.
The Waterways Trust was an independent registered charity, established in 1999, that worked with partners to see the waterway network in England, Wales and Scotland supported, valued and enjoyed by a wide audience. The Trust was formerly registered in England and Wales and in Scotland, until July 2012 when the operations in England and Wales were merged with the newly established Canal & River Trust. The remaining operations in Scotland were renamed the Scottish Waterways Trust.
Children in Scotland is the national agency for voluntary, statutory and professional organisations and individuals working with children and their families. Established in 1983 as the Scottish Child and Family Alliance, it now has over 400 member organisations. It is a registered charity, based in Edinburgh. Dame Denise Coia served as convener from 2017 to 2019.
King Solomon Academy is a non-selective, non-denominational, mixed all-through school within the English academy programme, located in Marylebone, London. It occupies the site of the former Rutherford School.
Bright Sparks School India is a charity registered in both India and England and Wales, which runs a school for 100+ children serving a shanty town in Mohali, Punjab, northern India. The charity was established by Gail Edwards after a period volunteering in the region in 2001, and Nimrat Kaur. The school has seven teachers including Headteacher Rita Mohan, and rents a four-roomed building close to the shanty town.
Kariandusi School Trust is a UK registered charity set up in 2003 for the advancement of education amongst children in rural Kenya by addressing the need for the construction of school buildings and the ongoing provision of school facilities and educational materials in and around those schools.
A Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) is a corporate form of business designed for charitable organisations in the United Kingdom. CIO status is conferred by the Charity Commission on application by a charity, whether new or existing.
Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice is a children's hospice run as registered charity offering palliative care and support to families who have a child or young person with a shortened life expectancy and complex medical needs. Bluebell Wood provides support to the whole family, both at their hospice in Rotherham, and in families’ own homes.
Young People's Trust for the Environment (YPTE) is a British charity founded in 1982, to encourage young people's understanding of the environment. The charity's main goal is to give young people a real awareness of environmental issues such as climate change, pollution, deforestation, endangered flora and fauna, and sustainable development.
The British Alevi Federation was established in November 2013 as a registered charity in England and Wales. The British Alevi Federation is an umbrella organisation for approximately 300,000 Alevis living in the United Kingdom. There are eighteen Alevi Cultural Centres and Cemevis serving people in the UK. These centres are based in Wood Green (London), Glasgow, Leicester, Croydon, Harrow, Northamptonshire, York, Newcastle, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Nottingham, Doncaster, Hull, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Manchester, Newport and Enfield (London)