# Glenkens Community Shop

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC043944
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** April 17, 2013
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC043944


## Contact

- **Address:** 55 Kirkland Street, St John&#x27;s Town of Dalry, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire
- **Postcode:** DG7 3UX



## 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 citizenship or community development&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Our charitable purposes are A. The prevention and relief of poverty and B. The advancement of citizenship or community development. We met these aims by holding twice yearly meetings to consider grant applications made by individuals and organisations within the Glenkens area. Meetings are attended by all volunteers, and, after discussion, decisions are made by majority vote. The maximum amount of each grant is £600.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Children or young people&#x27;,&#x27;Older People&#x27;,&#x27;People with disabilities or health problems&#x27;

**Objectives:** 4 The organisation&#x27;s purposes are: 4.1 The advancement of citizenship and community development within the Glenkens, which is the villages as set out on the map in Appendix 1 4.2 The prevention or relief of poverty of inhabitants of the Glenkens. The purposes will be delivered through running a local charity shop and other fund raising activities, where funds raised will be distributed to local projects and individuals who are in financial need.





## Geography

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






