# The Ridge SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC047116
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Jan. 25, 2017
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC047116


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 Black Bull Close, High Street, Dunbar, East Lothian
- **Postcode:** EH42 1JH
- **Website:** www.the-ridge.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#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 advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science&#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:** Provision of locally accessible support and training to disadvantaged people, with a view to improving their life chances, in particular (where appropriate) trough support into employment. Provision of support an empowerment to those struggling to access adequate life skills.  This includes accessing cooking healthy food ad benefiting from community gardening. Restoring derelict and dilapidated land and buildings for uses which benefit the community and to deliver training in traditional construction skills.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Children or young people&#x27;,&#x27;People with disabilities or health problems&#x27;,&#x27;Other defined groups&#x27;,&#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;,&#x27;Other charities or voluntary bodies&#x27;

**Objectives:** 4 The SCIO&#x27;s purpose is to benefit the community of Dunbar and East Linton Electoral Ward (&#x27;the Community&#x27;) with the following objects: 4.1 Provision of locally-accessible support and training to disadvantaged people, with a view to improving their life chances, in particular (where appropriate) through support into employment 4.2 Provision of support and empowerment to those struggling to access adequate life skills. This includes accessing cooking healthy food and benefiting from community gardening. 4.3 Restoring derelict or dilapidated land and buildings for uses which benefit the community and to deliver training in traditional construction skills.





## Geography

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






