# Reuse Scotland SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC051234
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Sept. 3, 2021
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC051234


## Contact

- **Address:** 133 High Street, Dunbar, East Lothian
- **Postcode:** EH42 1ES
- **Website:** www.reusescotland.org



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the prevention or relief of poverty&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of environmental protection or improvement&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Reuse Scotland SCIO works to reduce waste, support low-income households, and promote a circular economy by diverting reusable materials away from landfill and back into community use. Operating two large reuse shops alongside pop-up reuse events, the charity collects donated household items, furniture, books, textiles, tools, and specialist materials from individuals, businesses, local authorities, universities, and film/TV productions. These items are assessed, repaired where appropriate, and redistributed through low-cost retail, free-to-access community areas, and targeted donations. The organisation operates entirely through trading income, with no reliance on grant funding. This self-funding model enables agility, sustainability, and community benefit at scale.

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

**Objectives:** 4.1 The prevention or alleviation of poverty and inequalities through the promotion of waste as a community resource.  4.2 The advancement of education through facilitation and demonstration of the environmental, social and economic value of waste as a resource.   4.3 The advancement of environmental protection or improvement through reductions in materials to landfill.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** East Lothian
- **Geographical spread:** Scotland and other parts of the UK






