# Acorns2Trees SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC050580
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Nov. 18, 2020
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC050580


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Brodies LLP , Capital Square, 58 Morrison Street, Edinburgh
- **Postcode:** EH3 8BP
- **Website:** www.acorns2trees.com



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;,&#x27;the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage&#x27;,&#x27;any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Acorns2Trees is a philanthropic charitable trust set up and funded by William and Fiona Gordon. Acorns2Trees has 2 main areas of interest - (1) encouraging and supporting community enterprise and (2) the integration of adults with learning disabilities, and in particular economic integration - and the vast majority of our investments focus on progressing these twin objectives. Acorns2Trees does not have an open application process, but rather seeks to establish and build relationships with key organisations operating within these fields of activity.

**Objectives:** 7.1 The SCIO will promote, advance and further its Charitable purposes in Clause 7.3 by operating as a &#x27;grant giving&#x27; charity which will support financially and otherwise charities and others established to:- 7.1.1 support the mobilisation and integration of children and adults with additional support needs into daily living in the community and assist in their development.  7.1.2 support the education and development in any way whatsoever of children and adults with additional support needs in the community. and  7.1.3 provide training and employment opportunities to children and adults with additional support needs.  7.2 The primary focus is set out clause 7.1.  However, the Trustees may use their discretion from time to time to distribute grants in furtherance of the wider charitable purposes set out in clause 7.3 below.   7.3 For the purposes of the 2005 Act the following charitable purposes are (i) particularly relevant and (ii) are the charitable purposes identified as applicable from section 7 of the 2005 Act:- 7.3.1 the advancement of education. 7.3.2 the advancement of citizenship or community development. 7.3.3 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 7.3.4 the relief of unemployment. and 7.3.5 any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.





## Areas of operation

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






