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The Wee Gaitherin SCIO

SC051799Registered charity from 20 June 2022
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By The Wee Gaitherin
Address 2B Keith Place
Stonehaven
Aberdeenshire
Postcode AB39 2NU
Website https://www.weegaitherin.com
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The organisation's charitable purposes are: 1. The advancement of arts through facilitating opportunities for young people and adults to become engaged with literature, poetry and creative writing, paying particular attention to supporting participation by people who due to financial circumstances, cultural background, and other intersectional forms of prejudice have been traditionally under-represented in arts and literary events and activities. The Wee Gaitherin will benefit the people of Stonehaven, North East Scotland, and also the wider poetry community throughout Scotland. And seeks to advocate for and facilitate the participation of people and communities in poetry and creative writing workshops, mentoring, readings, spoken word performance, inclusion in anthologies and exhibitions, thereby building confidence, enriching cultural life and community spirit and cohesion. 2. The advancement of culture by both preserving, celebrating, and generating traditional regional and newly assembling local cultures in Scotland through highlighting the vitality of Scottish and international poetry, and the diversity of languages-in-culture, including Scots, Gaelic, and more generally the variety of languages spoken and shared in contemporary Scotland, to new and receptive audiences across the Northeast region and beyond.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
Our democratic motto ‘Turn up, tune in, take part’ holds as true as ever as we run our free poetry workshops in local schools and the community to ensure local engagement in the annual poetry festival, and invite poets of every background and stage of their writing – from beginners to the renowned. We especially encourage the participation of younger poets, poets on low incomes and from disadvantaged groups, and will be doing our best – as funding permits – to support them.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 20 Jun 2022
Main Operating Location: Aberdeenshire
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
30 Sept 2023 £16,184 £15,889 16 Oct 2023 Yes
30 Sept 2024 £21,647 £19,751 20 Oct 2024 Yes
30 Sept 2025 £350 £2,138 17 Dec 2025 Yes Download
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Catherine McCullagh
James Cunningham
Lesley Benzie
Neil Young
Hamish McMillan
Julie McNeill
Karen Macfarlane
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