# Friends of Pitlochry Community Hospital (formerly The Friends of Irvine Memorial Hospital)

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC011485
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Unincorporated association
- **Registered:** April 24, 1987
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC011485


## Contact

- **Address:** 33 Vinefields, Pencaitland, Tranent, East Lothian
- **Postcode:** EH34 5HD



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals&#x27;,&#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#x27;,&#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 provides financial support for the benefit of patients and former patients of the Pitlochry Community Hospital and others who require support and who reside in the area local to the Hospital and Medical Practice. We encourage individuals and local organisations to apply for support and the Management Committee of the charity assesses each request before deciding whether to provide funding or not. We have also made donations to other local charitable organisations who fit the relevant profile, for example, the Scottish Charity Air Ambulance.

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

**Objectives:** The Charitable Purposes of the Friends (“the Charitable Purposes”) are:  (i) to advance the welfare and well-being of current and former patients at Pitlochry Community Hospital, Pitlochry, Perthshire (“the Hospital”), and/or others requiring care in the community of Pitlochry and District (“the District”) and generally those residing in the District, defined as the area served by the Atholl Medical Practice, requiring support and assistance by reason of ill-health, disability, age, mobility issues or other disadvantage. and (ii)  to support generally the work of the Hospital, the Atholl Medical Centre , and those who provide welfare, care or rescue services in or inter alia for the benefit of the District.. the District is defined as the area served by the Atholl Medical Centre (as accepted by Tayside Health Board, or their successors, from time to time),





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Perth And Kinross
- **Geographical spread:** A specific local point, community or neighbourhood







