# Edinburgh and Lothian Trust Fund SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC049138
- **Known as:** Edinburgh Poverty Fund
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** March 18, 2019
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC049138


## Contact

- **Address:** 222 Leith Walk, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH6 5EQ
- **Website:** www.eltf.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals&#x27;,&#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#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:** The main objectives of the Trust are to provide financial support in the City of Edinburgh and the Lothians:   • For the prevention or relief of poverty.   • To assist individuals or groups of individuals who by reason of health, physical or mental disability or otherwise,  are in necessitous circumstances.   • To assist voluntary organisations with objectives similar to those of the Trust.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Children or young people&#x27;,&#x27;Older People&#x27;,&#x27;People with disabilities or health problems&#x27;,&#x27;Other defined groups&#x27;,&#x27;Other charities or voluntary bodies&#x27;

**Objectives:** The organisation&#x27;s purposes are:  4.1 The prevention or relief of poverty  4.2 The relief of those in need  4.3 The provision of support whether by way of financial assistance, accommodation, advice or otherwise to individuals or groups of individuals living in the area who, by reason of health, physical or mental disability or otherwise, are in necessitous circumstances.  4.4 The provision of assistance whether financial or otherwise to other charitable organisations operating in the area whose purpose are in the opinion of the Trustees similar to those outlined in subclauses 4.1,4.2 and 4.3 above.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** More than one local authority area in Scotland







