# Stonehaven and District Lions Club

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC049456
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** July 18, 2019
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC049456


## Contact

- **Address:** 7 Market Square, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
- **Postcode:** AB39 2BT
- **Website:** http://www.stonehavenlions.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 advancement of health&#x27;,&#x27;the saving of lives&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;,&#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 advancement of environmental protection or improvement&#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:** Charitable Purposes (a) The prevention or relief of poverty. (d) The advancement of health. (e) The saving of lives. (f) The advancement of citizenship or community development. (i) 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 intended. (m) The advancement of environmental protection or improvement. (n) The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

**Objectives:** 3.1 The Objects of the Club are such purposes as are exclusively charitable in Scotland, including in particular: 3.1.1 the advancement of citizenship by: 3.1.1.1 promoting the principles of good citizenship. 3.1.1.2 encouraging members to take an active interest in the civic, cultural, social and moral welfare of the community. 3.1.1.3 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. 3.1.1.4 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. 3.1.1.5 supporting youth to develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals. 3.1.2 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. 3.1.3 promoting volunteering. 3.1.4 the relief of poverty and the relief of those in need in particular by providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief. 3.1.5 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. 3.1.6 promoting for the benefit of the public the conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment. and/or 3.1.7 promoting community participation in healthy recreation. 3.2 Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the Club for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with Section 7(2) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, and section 2 of the Charities Act 2006 (England and Wales).





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** Aberdeenshire
- **Geographical spread:** UK and overseas






