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West Lothian Food Network

SC053304Registered charity from 24 April 2024
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Charity Information:
Address 20-22 King Street
Bathgate
Postcode EH48 1AX
Website https://westlothianfoodnetwork.org/
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
4 The organisation’s Purposes are to: (a) The prevention or relief of poverty (b) The advancement of education (c) The advancement of health (d) The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, financial hardship or any other reason. In furtherance of these purposes, the organisation will: A. Ensure that no-one in West Lothian Goes Hungry. • We seek to ensure the relief and hardship of food poverty for the people of West Lothian facing food insecurity. This is achieved by providing access to food through our network of foodbanks, community fridges, community pantries and community meals initiatives. The West Lothian Food Network provides early intervention to prevent food poverty crisis across all demographics of those in need. B. Promote Food with Dignity. We seek to educate people in West Lothian where and how to access food with dignity and where to: • Locate the appropriate advice services and maximise incomes. • To find choice to match individual preferences, dietary needs, or religious practice, no matter their age, disability, health or financial circumstances. • How to share opportunities like volunteering, growing/donating food, skills and experiences to develop communities. • How to create communities around food. C. Promoting Healthy and Balanced Eating. The West Lothian Food Network provides access to food that maintains a healthy working body and mind. This promotes and provides good quality nutritious food no matter a person’s age, health condition, financial hardship, or disadvantages. The West Lothian Food Network provides and shares clear and consistent messages to the people living in these areas, who are kept up to date with the information from Public Health Scotland, through our social media platforms, digital information, printed information, events, and services. D. Building Community Food Knowledge, Skills, and Resources • We seek to empower individuals and communities by creating more opportunities to become educated on how to grow food at home, in allotments or communities, relieving food insecurity and food poverty. • To teach communities how to cook on a budget and how to share skills and resources at home or in your community. • Eat together as a family or part of a community relieving isolation. • Signpost to all relevant food services and initiatives. • Celebrate culinary and cultural diversity by promoting a positive and inclusive food culture. E. Collaborative Working We seek to avoid duplication of efforts and promote the efficient use of available resources by: • Providing clear, regular, and inclusive communication. • Identifying and sharing resources. • Identifying funding opportunities through joint bid. • Sharing and following best practice. • Having people from the communities supporting and contributing. F. Protect the Sustainability and Environmental Impact of our Food Systems. We will seek to ensure that food is produced, distributed, and disposed of responsibly by: • Reducing food waste and emissions from our food system. • Increasing availability of locally produced food. • Adopting the highest environmental standards possible. • Raising awareness of the environmental impacts of our food systems and promoting best practice. Following the Eatwell Guide from the NHS when making decisions on food purchasing, meal plans, recipe cards, food parcel contents, service provision and event planning.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
prevent or relieve poverty, enhance education, advance health, relieve those in need by reason of age, ill health, financial hardship or any other reason
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 24 Apr 2024
Main Operating Location: West Lothian
Number of Staff: 1
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
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 Apr 2025 £21,000 £197,952 05 Jan 2026 Yes Download
30 Apr 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Jan 2027
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
No charity trustee information available
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