# Western Recreation Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC002534
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** Dec. 29, 1913
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC002534


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Monteith Solicitors, 9 George Square, Glasgow
- **Postcode:** G2 1QQ



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals&#x27;,&#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the prevention or relief of poverty&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;,&#x27;the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended&#x27;

**What the charity does:** provide grants to organisations in communities across Scotland which operate to keep people on a positive path in life ie away from drugs and alcohol

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Children or young people&#x27;,&#x27;People with disabilities or health problems&#x27;,&#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;

**Objectives:** The Trustees shall hold the Trust Funds and apply the same for such objects of public well-being and utility, either local or general in character, as they may in their absolute and uncontrolled discretion determine, subject only to the following restrictions:- (1) No portion of the Trust Funds shall be applied in direct relief of rates. (2) While not disregarding other objects which they may consider to be of benefit to the public, the Trustees shall, in the application of the Trust Funds have special regard to such means of rational recreation and entertainment as in their opinion shall tend to diminish in the community the undue consumption of alcoholic liquors.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Glasgow City
- **Geographical spread:** More than one local authority area in Scotland






