# Charity - Edinburgh Food Project Foodbank

Edinburgh Food Project Foodbank is a registered charity.

- Charity name: Edinburgh Food Project
- Charity number: [SC043220](https://opencharities.uk/sc/SC043220)
- Charity type: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- Registration date: 18th June 2012

## Objectives

4 The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are: 4.1 The prevention or relief of poverty in Edinburgh and surrounding areas in particular but not exclusively by providing emergency food supplies to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty. 4.2 to advance citizenship and community development by encouraging volunteering within the project

## Purposes

- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage