# Onecity Trust

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC034165
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
- **Registered:** Feb. 24, 2003
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC034165


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Lord Provosts Office, City Chambers, 253 High Street, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH1 1YJ
- **Website:** www.onecitytrust.com



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#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;the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of public participation in sport&#x27;

**What the charity does:** The OneCity Trust is a grant giving body to charitabke organisations and constituted groups within the City of Edinburgh whos aim is to alleviate poverty, exclusion and inequalities.

**Objectives:** The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and the income of it to pay and apply the same to for the purposes of advancing, facilitating  and promoting the education, social welfare, human rights and the tackling of extreme inequalities in income and the alleviation of poverty among persons within the area of benefit. The Trustees shall give primary consideration to the recommendations from The onecity Trust Committee except where the Trustees may in their sole discretion consider that the carrying out of any particular action as recommended by The onecity Trust Committee may be unlawful or to do so may prejudice the charitable status of7the Trust. The Trustees are not obliged to accept any such recommendation and are free to exercise their unfettered discretion as trustees at all times.





## Areas of operation

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






