# Baby Bank Scotland (LBB) SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC047393
- **Known as:** Baby Bank Scotland
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** May 9, 2017
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC047393


## Contact

- **Address:** 5 Bairds Crescent, Allanshaw Industrial Estate, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
- **Postcode:** ML3 9FD



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** &#x27;the prevention or relief of poverty&#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:** Baby Bank Scotland supports families living in poverty or experiencing financial difficulty by providing baby and child essentials that they would otherwise struggle to afford.  Reasons for financial difficulty often include single parents with lack of support, families struggling on benefits, mental health issues, in work poverty and families fleeing domestic violence.  We provide a wide range of items from clothing and bedding to cots and prams and all sorts of baby equipment. We also provide nappies, baby wipes and baby care products.  We provide toiletries for the whole family to ensure basic hygiene levels can be maintained, anything from soap and shower gels to shampoo and deodorant, toothpaste and toothbrushes and feminine hygiene products.  The items we provide are mainly donated to us by local individuals and businesses and are predominantly pre-loved items.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;

**Objectives:** The Organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objectives are: 1.The prevention or relief of poverty, in particular, the relief of those in need of support in providing for babies and children by reason of age, ill-health, financial hardship or other disadvantage. and  2. To promote and advance, the prevention or relief of poverty, in particular, the relief of those in need of support in providing for babies and children by reason of age, ill-health, financial hardship or other disadvantage to those citizens of the Lanarkshire area (the extent of such area to be determined by the directors and shall not necessarily be limited to the geographical local authority areas of North Lanarkshire Council and South Lanarkshire Council), 3. To provide at the discretion of the Trustees, the prevention or relief of poverty, in particular, the relief of those in need of support in providing for babies and children by reason of age, ill-health, financial hardship or other disadvantage to those citizens of the 30 local authority areas within Scotland not included within the geographical local authority areas defined in (4.2 and whose personal circumstances are such that the support provided by Baby Bank Scotland (LBB) SCIO will improve and or relieve their personal or financial circumstances.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** South Lanarkshire
- **Geographical spread:** More than one local authority area in Scotland






