# Uist &amp; Barra Foodbank

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC047999
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Dec. 14, 2017
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC047999


## Contact

- **Address:** 6 Beinn Mhor Cottages , Howmore, Isle of South Uist
- **Postcode:** HS8 5SH



## 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:** We are a foodbank set up to relieve poverty and stress due to food insecurity

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

**Objectives:** The Foodbank objects are:  (a) The Prevention or relief of poverty.  (b) The relief of those of need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.





## Geography

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







