# Caithness Foodbank SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC050903
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** April 15, 2021
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC050903


## Contact

- **Address:** Broughty, 12 Moray View Avenue, Staxigoe, Wick
- **Postcode:** KW1 4SB



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#x27;,&#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage&#x27;

**What the charity does:** We provide food for people in Caithness who are struggling to make ends meet and feed their families.  We also try to ensure these people and pointed in the direction of other services which may be able help.  We receive food donations from major supermarkets in the area and have regular and non regular supporters who provide cash which we use to keep the foodbanks running and purchase additional food when donations are not enough to meet demand.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;,&#x27;Other charities or voluntary bodies&#x27;

**Objectives:** 4 The organisation&#x27;s purposes are:  The relief of financial hardship amongst people in Caithness and Sutherland and the surrounding area, in particular, but not exclusively by:  4.1 providing emergency food, essential toiletries, and household items to individuals and families in need and/or for distribution by charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.  4.2 such other means, including (but not limited to) the provision of support or signposting to relevant information and other advisory services.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Highland
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area







