# Freedom City Foundation

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC042193
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** March 28, 2011
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC042193


## Contact

- **Address:** Take Heart for the Nations, 6 St Mungo&#x27;s Road, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire
- **Postcode:** G67 1QR
- **Website:** www.takeheart.org.uk



## 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 prevention or relief of poverty&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of health&#x27;,&#x27;the saving of lives&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;,&#x27;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&#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:** Charity was set up to respond crisis events and home and abroad but now focuses on responding to poverty related issues in our local community. This is done through the provision of a foodbank (affiliated with The Trussell Trust), a holistic support and mentoring programme called Real Life Changes and the provision of a Financial Inclusion project run in partnership with the Local Citizens Advice Office. We also work in partnership with our host church to provide support to those in addiction.

**Objectives:** As an outworking of our Christian faith and underpinned by our Christian principles and values, the Freedom City Foundation exists to establish and run practical, community-based projects designed to assist and equip individuals and communities to overcome the challenges they face. We focus particularly, but not exclusively, on the relief of poverty, recovery from addiction and life controlling issues and family support. The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are:  4.1 The prevention or relief of poverty through engaging in local community projects for the poor, underprivileged and people otherwise in need also through projects in targeted communities and through overseas projects in developing nations.   4.2 The advancement of education by providing training and by supporting or assisting in the training of people to achieve positive outcomes. We also train, equip and commission volunteers to support service users effectively.    4.3 The saving of lives, through accessible community outreach to those in need and supporting them in accessing our charitable initiatives.  4.4 The advancement of health through encouraging, promoting and supporting the spiritual, physical, emotional, mental and material wellbeing through our charitable initiatives.    4.5 The advancement of citizenship or community development through long-term regeneration, rebuilding and restoration projects in individual lives and targeted communities.  4.6 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, in particular for children, young people, families, the elderly and those in recovery from addiction.    4.7 The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** North Lanarkshire
- **Geographical spread:** A specific local point, community or neighbourhood






