Eastwood Jewish Community Centres

Eastwood Jewish Community Centres, (SC048957 Registered charity from 15 January 2019)

To contribute to public benefit by providing and maintaining premises for the use of organisations within the Jewish Community whose own objectives and activities promote any of the charitable purposes prescribed in statute or regulations, and in particular, but not limited to, the advancement of education, religion, community development, heritage and culture, recreation, the promotion of equality, diversity, and religious or racial harmony; and secondarily to make these premises available to other organisations and individuals for those or analogous purposes.

The SCIO was established to hold assets transferred from unincorporated charity number SC016029 (Giffnock and Newlands Hebrew Congregation), and it was subsequently agreed also to transfer the assets of Newton Mearns Hebrew Congregation (charity no. SC009979). The property assets were transferred on 1 September 2022.

Policy on reserves:

To hold sufficient funds to enable us to operate for 3 months, to meet likely maintenance costs, and to pay redundancy compensation to staff in the event of winding up.

Resources

• Buildings £570,464
• Loan £200,000

Screenshot of the financial history of the Eastwood Jewish Community Centres. From the website of OSCR, 25 January 2025.

Timeline

• 2008 - JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE Tel: 0141-577 8222 Fax: 0141-577 8202 e-mail: j-scot@j-scot.org. The Jewish Community Centre is managed by the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council and houses the offices of the Representative Council, UJIA, the Jewish Learning Centre, the Israel Information Office, the Chaim Bermant Library , the UJIA Makor Resource Centre, the Student Chaplain, the Shaliach and the Youth Worker. It provides support facilities for all Jewish organisations and has meeting rooms available for hire. Centre Convener Kalman Bookman/David Strang Centre Administrator Mrs Beverley Taylor.

Contact

• Address: 222 Fenwick Road, Glasgow, G46 6UE