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City of Edinburgh Lions Club

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC048345
Status
Not Submitted
Registered
April 26, 2018
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
The Old Schoolhouse
1 Castlehill
Whithorn
DG8 8PN

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of health','the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

Objectives: The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 The Objects of the Club are such purposes as are exclusively charitable in Scotland, including in particular: 4.1.1 the advancement of citizenship by: 4.1.1.1 promoting the principles of good citizenship. 4.1.1.2 encouraging members to take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community. 4.1.1.3 providing a forum for the open discussion of all matters of public interest. provided that partisan politics and sectarian religion shall not be debated by members. 4.1.1.4 encouraging service-minded people to serve their community without personal reward and encouraging the promotion of high ethical standards in commerce, industry, professions, public works and private endeavours. 4.1. 1.5 supporting youth to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals. 4.1.2 promoting the Voluntary Sector for the public benefit by associating with local authorities in a common effort to advance education and provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation to improve the conditions of life of people in local, national and international communities. 4.1.3 promoting volunteering. 4.1.4 the relief of poverty and the relief of those in need in particular by providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief. 4.1.5 the advancement of health or the saving of lives by preventing avoidable blindness, assisting disabled people to lead independent lives or helping to prevent or manage health issues. 4.1.6 promoting for the benefit of the public the conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment. and/or 4.1. 7 promoting community participation in healthy recreation.

Areas of operation

Main operating location
West Lothian
Geographical spread
UK and overseas