Penicuik Citizens Advice Bureau

Constitutional objectives

The company's objects are to promote any charitable purposes for the public benefit in Midlothian ('the area of local benefit') and elsewhere, but particularly in Penicuik, by: (i) The advancement of education by providing clients with information, clarification and understanding of legislation and their legal rights and responsibilities. (ii) The relief of poverty by assessing clients' entitlement to welfare benefits, by providing them with assistance in claiming benefits, and by doing so alleviating poverty and distress. (iii) The advancement of civil and human rights by ensuring that people do not suffer through ignorance of their civil and human rights, and by taking such actions as are intended to redress the situation and promote justice. (iv) Advancement of health by providing a comprehensive advice service which deals with all aspects of clients' problems and alleviates the injury, hardship,distress and anxiety caused by unsolved problems. (v) Advancement of community development by recruiting, training and developing local citizens to be volunteers in and for the Citizens Advice Bureau,who assist members of the public in their community and in doing so contribute to the well-being of their community.