# 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.

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

**Objectives:** The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, its purposes are to: 4.1 Provide relief to those in need by reason of disadvantage and provide recreational activities through the: 4.1.1 provision of a social and lunch club to older people to reduce social isolation and support mental and physical wellbeing of such persons 4.1.2 provision of respite to carers of such older person





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** A specific local point, community or neighbourhood







