# Peeblesshire Foodbank SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC045330
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Jan. 8, 2015
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC045330


## Contact

- **Address:** County Buildings, Rosetta Road, Peebles
- **Postcode:** EH45 8HQ
- **Website:** https://peeblesshire.foodbank.org.uk



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** &#x27;the prevention or relief of poverty&#x27;

**What the charity does:** The Peeblesshire Foodbank provides three days worth of nutritionally balanced food to people in crisis.  We also work upstream trying to prevent people using the foodbank by providing financial inclusion advice and a number of other projects including breakfast clubs in schools, Summer holiday lunch schemes for vulnerable children, community cafes offering free refreshments and advice and much more.

**Objectives:** 4 The organisation is established for charitable purposes only and, in particular, the prevention and relief of poverty. This will be achieved by: 4.1 The provision of emergency food parcels to those in immediate and extreme need. 4.2 The provision of emotional and spiritual support to those in need. 4.3 Signposting those in need to external agencies as and when appropriate.





## Areas of operation

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






