# Voluntary Groups Sutherland

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC001528
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** March 7, 1991
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC001528


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Lairg Community Centre, Main Street, Lairg, Sutherland
- **Postcode:** IV27 4DB
- **Website:** www.vgs.scot



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the prevention or relief of poverty&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;,&#x27;any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes&#x27;

**What the charity does:** We are the delivery body for the Highland Third Sector Interface, set up to support and build capacity of the third sector in Sutherland.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;,&#x27;Other charities or voluntary bodies&#x27;

**Objectives:** The company has been formed to promote the benefit of the public within Sutherland by - (a) Advancing citizenship and community development, including rural and urban regeneration and the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector and the effectiveness and efficiency of charities (b) Advancement of Education (c) Prevention and Relief of Poverty (d) Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes (e.g. relief of unemployment)





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Highland
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area







