# Aruka

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC052595
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** June 6, 2023
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC052595


## Contact

- **Address:** 6 St Mungo&#x27;s Road, Cumbernauld, Glasgow
- **Postcode:** G67 1QR



## 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 religion&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of health&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;

**What the charity does:** The purpose of Aruka is to provide better pathways in, through and out of rehab by supporting individuals in addiction with consistent relational support in their recovery. This includes 121 sessions, group work, advocacy support. We help people to identify the best rehab program for them, and then we work closely with them to help find the right blend of either community or recovery support to best suit their needs.  We work closely with 2 church parters (Freedom City Church) and (Motherwell Baptist)- we work along with their drop in&#x27;s where we engage with people in need of support during this sessions and look to engage them in support. Our support for individuals includes rehab preparation, support during rehab and aftercare support. As well as addiction recovery we also support individuals with wider advocacy needs (e.g housing, benefits etc), and provide much needed emotional and relational support and links into wider community support via our support groups.

**Objectives:** The organisation?s purposes are:                                                                 (a) The advancement of health or the saving of lives by providing community addiction recovery support, advocacy, residential care and aftercare.                                                                                                                     (b) The advancement of the Christian Faith by offering the opportunity to engage in bible studies, worship and conversations around faith. The provision of spiritual as well as practical support                                                                                                                     (c) the prevention or relief of poverty by working closely with individuals to support them to escape the cycles of addiction, poverty and crime.                                                                                                       (d) the relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage  (e) the advancement of citizenship or community development by facilitating rehabilitation and restoring participation in the community





## Areas of operation

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






