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Our Social Impact
How Indigo and a Social Enterprise work
As a registered charity operating as a social enterprise, there are no shareholders making a profit from our work.
All funds are reinvested back into the services and communities we serve in order to ensure we continue to remain at the leading edge of our sector, and families are regularly surprised by the outstanding quality of experiences their families have in our services.
This model serves to continue to drive up quality and inspire families wherever they live, whatever their background, whilst at the same time, keeping services affordable and accessible for all families.
The Social enterprise model also means we care for our team, we are committed to looking out for them, supporting them and ensuring they can realise their personal and professional ambitions. This gives families consistency and colleagues a true sense of value and ownership. 97% of Indigo colleagues say they are happy with their work.
Our Board of Trustees is a voluntary team of members; they are not shareholders, but they work tirelessly with the senior team to shape the strategic direction of the organisation, in alignment with our mission and our legal duties as a charity and social enterprise.
Our belief is that every child, young person and family deserves to have access to outstanding quality experiences in early learning and childcare as they grow, regardless of their background or circumstances.
That is why our team, our communities and our Board understand that our social impact is as important as our business performance.
Our social impact can be understood simply as the positive difference we make for and with families in our communities.
The difference we have made between 2020-2024
Transformational Change for All Families
Our social impact focus means we are committed to making a difference for all families, not just those we work with immediately. This means that we have embedded within our community connections approach, a commitment to using our learning to influence local and national change in the best interests of families.
Key areas where we use our learning to influence national practice include advocating and speaking out for change and improvement in:
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Support for families with children with additional support needs
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Quality development of speech-language and communication for our youngest children
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Improving professional status and recognition for the workforce to maximise the recruitment and retention of the best possible people for families
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Family experiences of and access to school-aged childcare
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Reducing the number of children and young people experiencing the impact of poverty
These areas of social impact focus will evolve in accordance with the needs of the families we serve.
Impact reports and case studies
Read about the impact of our work, the progress we are making toward our strategic goals, and the difference our efforts are creating in the communities we serve.
Annual impact report 2024 - 2025
Impact report for the period March 2024 to March 2025.
Supporting Children with learning disabilities case study
Supporting and enabling equitable early learning and childcare provision for children with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
What our parents say
I believe Indigo has contributed towards giving my children a good childhood. They relieve stress from quite a stressful family dynamic. It has given them fantastic opportunities during summer holidays ...
It’s always a lovely, welcoming place. Roisin and Kirsty are so friendly and couldn’t be more helpful. It’s really nice to spend family time together somewhere close by that doesn’t ...
My daughter enjoys her time at Indigo; she learns new skills and has made new friends.
We get to do things as a family, and due to my daughter’s autism, she enjoys and is comfortable within the group and learning and meeting new folk, which can ...
Brought my child out of his shell, made lots of new friends.
It has really improved confidence, helped them feel less isolated, given them new skills and opportunities that they wouldn’t have gotten otherwise. They have developed and learned skills they will ...
I think it is very helpful to families that need a little more support and can have their children attend somewhere that I know they are safe and that they ...
It helps get my oldest out and mixing with other children. Helps him feel more at home in a club that helps support his needs.
My daughter gets to spend time away from her brother while pursuing her own interests and being allowed to find her passions and interests in a nurturing environment.
They have built so much confidence, made strong relationships with staff and fellow children in the service. Get to try lots of activities they don’t get offered at school or ...
We really enjoy the sessions. D loves the time to play and the interaction with staff and kids, and I also enjoy speaking to staff, parents and seeing how D ...
Helps build confidence, building relationships with her peers and staff and learning new social skills.
I have had the opportunity to gather help with Indigo to support my housing needs and to get the right accommodation for my family. I feel Indigo Childcare groups have ...
Have had great support and advice to help us as a family after being homeless, and also with our daughter’s disability, it’s been great for her. Indigo gave us hope
It was great to meet new parents and for my little boy A to meet and socialise with other kids, and have lots of new activities to get involved in. ...
Both my boys attending have helped them so much in different ways, and I have to say how amazing the Indigo staff are and always so helpful/friendly and supportive.
It’s a fabulous service and brings the best out in my child.