# Aberdeen Bon Accord Lions Club (SCIO)

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC052500
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** April 20, 2023
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC052500


## Contact

- **Address:** 3 Middlemuir Cottages, Whitecairns, Aberdeenshire
- **Postcode:** AB23 8XP
- **Website:** https://www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/aberdeenbonaccord/index.php



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals&#x27;,&#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#x27;,&#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#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:** Undertake fundraising events for the benefit of other charitable bodies and Lions International Foundation.. We promote good stewardship of the environment amongst local primary schools and good citizenship with our Leo Club. This is a joint ownership venture with Harlaw Academy and fosters personal development with S5 and S6 pupils and has now run for 20 years. Volunteers are welcomed by the Club members.

**Objectives:** 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.





## Geography

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






