# Portlethen &amp; District Voluntary Community Ambulance Association

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC031829
- **Known as:** Portlethen Ambulance Association
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Unincorporated association
- **Registered:** June 26, 2001
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC031829


## Contact

- **Address:** 20 Naismith Drive, Chapelton, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
- **Postcode:** AB39 8BD
- **Website:** https://portlethen-ambulance.co.uk



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** &#x27;the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage&#x27;,&#x27;any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes&#x27;

**What the charity does:** In line with our purpose we provide a door to door transport service for patients of Portlethen Medical Centre and Portlethen Dental Practice to enable them to attend appointments and clinics. We operate a minibus which is fully accessible enabling us to transport wheelchair bound and other disabled people.  All volunteers drivers are MiDAS trained. In addition, we assist local elderly social groups with regular weekly trips to meetings and lunch clubs providing social interaction and promoting wellbeing. When free from these commitments we also provide transport for local community groups social outings. Our activities are possible because of the generosity of the many donors who support us.

**Objectives:** To provide relief to the inhabitants of Portlethen &amp; District and its environs who have need because of age, mental or physical disability, or poverty, and in particular but not so as to limit the generality of the foregoing.  a) to provide and maintain a non profit community transport service: and  b) to assist the charitable work of organisations and bodies engaged in promoting the relief of such person through the provision of appropriate services.





## Areas of operation

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






