# Erskine Veterans Charity

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC006609
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** Jan. 9, 1997
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC006609


## Contact

- **Address:** The Erskine Home, Erskine Veterans Village, Bishopton
- **Postcode:** PA7 5PU
- **Website:** www.erskine.org.uk



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of health&#x27;,&#x27;the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage&#x27;

**What the charity does:** The Charity’s objectives: Care: Veterans and their spouses receive good quality, person-centred care from leaving the armed forces through to the end of their lives.  Accommodation: Veterans have a place to live when they leave the Armed Forces.  Community: Veterans suffering from loneliness have a place to go, learning new skills and enjoying a sense of camaraderie.  An effective and efficient organisation. Our services include: Residential care homes: one in Edinburgh and one within our Bishopton Veterans Village.  • Transitional Supported Accommodation for Veterans who leave the military at relatively short notice and need assistance to reintegrate into civilian life, within 23 apartments. • 44 family cottages and 5 Supported Living Accommodation apartments for Veterans and their families to live independent lives. • Accommodation and support services for Veterans services.  • Veterans activity centres within Bishopton and Forres.  • A Home Support service.

**Objectives:** (a) The provision of financial support to men and women with a current or former record of armed service or service in support of, or alongside the armed services together with dependents or surviving dependents of such personnel who find themselves in necessitous circumstances on terms which are most appropriate to their individual needs. (b) The provision of long term nursing care and short term and respite nursing care within the United Kingdom. (c) The provision of health care including residential long term care, residential short term and respite care, day care, domiciliary care and all appropriate relevant recreational and therapeutic programmes within the United Kingdom. (d) The creation of centres of excellence for nursing and residential care together with the creation of training opportunities for personnel involved in nursing and health care and medical and allied professions. (e) The provision of employment opportunities for individuals with physical or other disabilities, the provision of rehabilitation assessment and training for individuals with physical disabilities and other disadvantages which could be impediments to independent living. (f) The provision, construction, improvement, or management for persons who are aged or infirm or disabled or handicapped (whether mentally or physically) and in need thereof of housing and any associated amenities specially designed or adapted to meet the disabilities and requirements of such persons.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** Renfrewshire
- **Geographical spread:** One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area






