# Portobello Older People’s Project SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC048384
- **Known as:** POPP
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** May 17, 2018
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC048384


## Contact

- **Address:** 38 Brighton Place, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH15 1LT



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** &#x27;the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended&#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:** POPP is a lunch and social club for lonely, isolated older people.  It offers them the chance to get out of their homes, share a meal and participate in social activities such as games, discussions, entertainments, and outings.  It runs twice a week, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from the Portobello Baptist Church Hall.    There are around 20 members at any one time.  We rent the church hall, hire a minibus from a local transport charity to collect members from, and return them to, their homes, and the meal is provided at subsidised rates by Portobello High School. We charge members a modest fee.    POPP is led by a management committee.  There are currently five Trustees, including a Chair and Treasurer.  POPP’s constitution provides for volunteers and members to each have a representative on the Committee, with the volunteer representative position currently filled.  Day-to-day management is provided by a part-time, paid Project Organiser, supported by up to 20 volunteers.








