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Hot Chocolate Trust

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC035714
Status
Active
Registered
June 15, 2004
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
The Steeple Complex
Nethergate
Dundee
DD1 4DG

Contact

Website
hotchocolate.org.uk
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Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of citizenship or community development','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'

Hot Chocolate Trust’s work has 2 aspects: youth work with young people is our overwhelming priority. wider impact work has grown out of this. Youth work includes open sessions attended by approx. 150 young people each fortnight, small group work, individual support, street work, volunteering, holiday programmes and residentials. Austerity, cost of living crisis, & local & global uncertainties have impacts on young people trying to find their place in the world. Systemic pressures on communities cannot be dodged but we are very proud of our sustained and effective youth work. Wider impact work seeks to improve young people’s experiences in and beyond Dundee through sharing the youth work practices, resources and tools which have been developed within Hot Chocolate. We amplify young people’s voices. we share training, coaching, development processes and tools developed in our youth work. we nurture wider relationships with practitioners, decision-makers and policy makers.

Objectives: (a) the advancement and promotion of the education, welfare and holistic development of young people, including the provision of recreational facilities and the provision of locations which are open, responsive and safe to facilitate young people growing to full maturity as individuals, positive change makers, community builders and mature citizens, such advancement and promotion being from a Christian perspective. and (b) the advancement of education primarily but not exclusively in the City of Dundee through relationships built on trust and respect, which are organic and reciprocal, promoting the emotional, mental, spiritual and physical well-being of those suffering from the consequences of deprivation, poverty, social exclusion, poor health, abuse or unemployment in order to advance the development of community.

Areas of operation

Main operating location
Dundee City
Geographical spread
More than one local authority area in Scotland

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £484,981 £592,620 11
Dec. 31, 2023 £569,479 £605,144 13
Dec. 31, 2022 £647,638 £645,627 17
Dec. 31, 2021 £676,692 £558,949 17
Dec. 31, 2020 £646,616 £554,332 15