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Children’s World was founded in 1981 to provide educational, creative and social benefits for all children with particular reference to children with special needs. We work mainly in the South West of England (although we have worked across the UK and Internationally) and run a wide variety of workshops in schools and special schools.

Children’s Wold is a Charity registered in the UK.

TRUSTEES

HAGGIS MCLEOD

Haggis McLeod has been involved with Children’s World since 1985, when he first performed at the Glastonbury Children’s Festival as part of Zippo’s Circus. It was there that he met Arabella Churchill and they went on to marry in 1988. In the subsequent years, Haggis was involved in many of the charities projects, both in the UK and abroad. In 2008, after Arabella’s untimely death, he became a trustee. A world-renowned juggler, Haggis still performs and teaches his craft at circus schools and events across the globe and has taken over Arabella’s role as organiser of the Theatre and Circus areas of the Glastonbury Festival. He has one daughter and, thus far, two grandchildren.

MARTIN CASEY

Martin's background is broad, encompassing business management and development, training, systems analysis, coordination, logistics and event management. He has supported CW through independent fundraising for many years, and is now privileged to be part of the team, and in a position to help the charity to achieve it’s goals. He has four children, loves family life, festivals, travelling, old Italian cars and outdoor activities. Many of the outdoor activities are related to the Italian cars breaking down… “We are all part of our local and wider communities, and the more energy we all put in, the more pleasure we all get out”

CATHERINE BUSBY

Catherine has been involved in the charity, in one guise, or another for almost 20 years. She has been a trustee for 7 years, and enjoys the opportunity to help maintain and further the charity’s wonderful and valuable work. She has a passion for learning, which has resulted in her re-entering education at 40, and has since gained a degree and an MA in Creative Writing. Alongside the written word, Catherine loves to bake. She combines this pastime with time spent with her grandchildren, and hopes she is creating tasty, and happy memories with them.

MAGGIE DEAR

Maggie is safeguarding trustee for Children’s World. An independent social worker and safeguarding manager, since graduating in 1992, Maggie has spent many years working in child protection and social work across statutory and voluntary sectors, before moving into strategic Safeguarding and Quality Assurance and IRO and child protection conferencing service management. Maggie is also a trustee of NAIRO. In 2006, after losing her daughter to cancer, Maggie founded and ran a family support charity for children with similar life-threatening or life limiting illnesses, based in Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.

PATRON

Operations and Projects Manager

Angela Bolton

Angela joined Children’s World, as a volunteer, in 2019. Her experience and skills were soon spotted and so Angela happily accepted a contract to lead the Charity’s Youth Committee and has since gone on to support the Charity with many other projects. Angela has many years’ experience working within Social Care, Health and Safety, and more recently, Education. She is passionate about empowering children and young people to grow in confidence and develop skills and knowledge around their own special interests. Angela has a range of interests herself, including Hula Hooping, which she loves to teach to others throughout the sumer months.