Businessmodel
Our Mission
Empowering and mentoring adults to deliver impactful play-based early learning programmes that transform communities
Financial Capital
Financial capital is the amount of money invested/donated to Cotlands, enabling us to deliver a range of programmes.
- Total revenue: R25 441 235
Manufactured Capital
Physical objects that are available to Cotlands for use in the provision of services, including vehicles, buildings, equipment, technology, and infrastructure.
- 15 vehicles to deliver quality programmes and regular monitoring
- Enhanced software to improve the toy library stock system
- Safe, secure venues close to where children live from which early learning playgroups are operated
Intellectual Capital
Cotlands' intellectual property is linked to our model and programmes, our training manuals, and CotlandsIgnite online platform. This capital is expressed in our policies, procedures, and operational guidelines.
- Cotlands' 89-year history and reputation
- Accredited training courses
- SACE-endorsed skills programmes
- Cotlands early learning programme
Human Capital
Human capital is in our people – Cotlanders. It includes their competencies, capabilities, and experience. They adhere to our governance framework, report and support risk management. Their behaviour models our organisational values. Cotlanders contribute to the development and implementation of our strategy and they innovate, lead, manage and collaborate.
- 48LA employees
- 74%LA Employee turnover rate
- 84.44%LA B-BBEE percentage
- 50+ combined years of ECD experience
Social & Relationship Capital
Our relationships with key stakeholders, especially the communities we serve, are fundamental to our business, as they embody our commitment to creating a meaningful impact in society.
- Good relationships with our stakeholders
- Participation in ECD networks, associations, task teams and committees
- 102 849 total beneficiaries
Natural Capital
Our natural capital refers to the environmental resources we depend on and strive to protect, ensuring sustainable operations.
- The re-use of play materials reduces the number of learning and teaching support materials (toys) that end up in landfills
- Adults working with children understand the value of toys and can make toys from waste
- Reduction in the use of paper due to moving most processes into the digital and online space
Enable our core activities
| Early learning playgroups | Creating access to quality ECD programmes through our early learning playgroups within marginalised communities in Gauteng and Mpumalanga. |
| Toy libraries | Providing access to educational materials and training through our national toy library services. |
| Advocacy | Create an enabling environment to promote the importance of play-based early learning and position Cotlands as a leading ECD organisation. Advocate for young children to access quality play-based early learning opportunities by influencing the adults that live and take care of them to make time and space to play and learn with their children. |
| Projects | Increase equitable access for vulnerable children to quality play-based early childhood education opportunities through strategic partnerships to deliver toy library and early learning playgroup programmes that increase school readiness. |
| Training | Provide accredited and non-accredited online and face-to-face training for adults working with young children to improve the quality of play-based early learning programmes. |
Creating value
Children in marginalised communities accessing quality ECD services
Children reached
Toys lent out
Early learning playgroups
Early learning play sessions
Increased school readiness scores
Increase in children's school readiness scores
Building a skilled ECD workforce
Practitioners trained
Number of trainees deemed competent by Accrediting authority
Nutritional support for children
meals served
Increased reach
4 Projects in progress, 2 projects successfully concluded
Promotion of the importance of play-based learning
Participants in advocacy play events