# East Lothian Community Benefits

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC053230
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** March 26, 2024
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC053230


## Contact

- **Address:** Seapoint, Woodbush, Dunbar
- **Postcode:** EH42 1HB



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** &#x27;the prevention or relief of poverty&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science&#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:** The charity is established to attract community benefit funds which are then to be distributed for the greater good of East Lothian. At this early stage the charity has been working to investigate the feasibility of delivering district heating systems to East Lothian.

**Objectives:** Purposes 4 The organisation is established for charitable purposes only and, in particular, the objects are: 4.1 To advance, for the public benefit, community development including urban and rural regeneration, primarily within East Lothian (&#x27;the Area of Benefit&#x27;). 4.2 To advance environmental protection and improvement primarily within the Area of Benefit. 4.3 To advance heritage through preserving, for the benefit of the general public, the historical and architectural heritage that may exist in and around the Area of Benefit. 4.4 To prevent or relieve poverty primarily among residents within the Area of Benefit. 4.5 To advance health primarily among residents within the Area of Benefit. 4.6 To relieve those in need, primarily within the Area of Benefit, by reason of ill health, disability, financial disadvantage or some other disadvantage.  4.7 To advance education. 4.8 To support schemes that involve communities primarily within the Area of Benefit working together to promote citizenship and, encourage cohesion between the different communities as well as within the communities themselves in the Area of Benefit.





## Areas of operation

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






