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Description
4 .1 To provide a range of Befriending services designed to improve quality of life, reduce isolation and loneliness and keep older people independent and active in the community. 4.2 To provide clients with support to access opportunities fo~ social and leisure activities and developing peer support networks. 4.3 To liaise and work with other organisations to develop joint working to maximise benefit to support offered. 4.4 The advancement of the education of the general public, influential individuals and relevant organisations on matters relating to the social welfare of older people. 4.5 The advancement of citizenship through volunteering in the delivery of services.
OSCR Charity number
Registered
Postcode
PA23 7BN
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Latest income
£210,146 (on )
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-SC gives the scheme for this identifier (Scottish Charity Register), while SC024686 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Cowal Elderly Befrienders SCIO (this record)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
Activities (OSCR)
- It carries out activities or services itself
Beneficiaries (OSCR)
- Older people
Purposes (OSCR)
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Services for the elderly
D12
UK Charity Activity Tags
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Beneficiary group
BE» Older peopleBE108 -
Charity and VCS support
CV» VolunteeringCV104 -
Education
ED -
Leisure
LE» RecreationLE105 -
Society
SO» CitizenshipSO101 -
Social welfare
SW» LonelinessSW106
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1996-03-29 |
Registered as a charity |
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| 2017-03-31 | 182,211 | 166,273 |
| 2018-03-31 | 189,791 | 179,914 |
| 2019-03-31 | 167,104 | 191,311 |
| 2020-03-31 | 206,280 | 196,547 |
| 2021-03-31 | 195,333 | 179,084 |
| 2022-03-31 | 145,507 | 171,538 |
| 2023-03-31 | 210,146 | 185,941 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Received 17 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Foundation Scotland
GVC Fund |
£5,000
2 years |
Dementia Support Project
Aug 2022 to Jul 2025 |
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Scottish Government
Communities Recovery Fund - Call 2 |
£9,181 | Cowal Elderly Befrienders SCIO | ||
| Co-operative Group | £11,989 | Grant to Bute Elderly Befrienders | ||
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Scottish Government
Wellbeing Fund - Open call - Round 2 |
£8,901
1.9672131147540983 months |
Cowal Elderly Befrienders SCIO
Jun 2020 to Jul 2020 |
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| Co-operative Group | £3,772 | Grant to Cowal Elderly Befrienders | ||
|
Foundation Scotland
Kilfinan Fund (CLOSED) |
£14,152
2 years |
Rural Outreach
Nov 2017 to Oct 2020 |
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The National Lottery Community Fund
Large Grants Scotland |
£234,000
3 years |
Lease of Life
Nov 2017 to Nov 2020 |
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Wolfson Foundation
Health and Disability |
£21,500 | Grant to Cowal Elderly Befrienders | ||
|
Foundation Scotland
Essentia |
£27,976
3 years |
Bute Elderly Befrienders
Jan 2017 to Jan 2020 |
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Wolfson Foundation
Health and Disability |
£15,000 | Grant to Cowal Elderly Befrienders |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Co-operative Group (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Foundation Scotland (7 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (4 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Wolfson Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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