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Rotary Shoebox Scheme

Rotary Shoe Box Scheme

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1091507
Status
Registered
Registered
April 3, 2002
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
10 Greenshank Close
Bamford
Rochdale
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
OL11 5QE

Activities

Using its specially designed shoeboxes the charity provides an all year round service for people in Britain and Ireland wishing to make gifts to people in Eastern Europe. The people who receive the shoeboxes are chosen by the charity solely on humanitarian grounds.

Objects: (A) To Relieve Poverty, Sickness And Distress Amongst Those Persons In Necessitous Circumstances In Central And Eastern Europe By The Supply, Transport And Distribution Of Humanitarian Aid In The Form Of Shoe Boxes Filled With Such Items As Are Required From Time To Time And (B) To Such Charity Or Charities Or For Such Charitable Purpose Or Purposes As The Trustees May From Time To Time In Their Absolute Discretion Determine.

Classification

How
Other Charitable Activities
What
Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Area of benefit
Central And Eastern Europe
Country
Bulgaria, Ireland, Moldova, Northern Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Ukraine
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
June 30, 2025 £41,746 £52,107
June 30, 2024 £69,926 £46,047
June 30, 2023 £71,214 £74,834
June 30, 2022 £47,004 £54,340
June 30, 2021 £30,809 £39,883

Trustees

Name Appointed
Nigel Bruce Danby (Chair) July 1, 2024
Alan Stanley Ainsworth July 7, 2023
Clive Gardiner April 12, 2018
Gill Danby Dec. 3, 2015