# Tayside &amp; Fife Archaeological Committee

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC002450
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Unincorporated association
- **Registered:** May 14, 1982
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC002450


## Contact

- **Address:** 21 Burleigh Crescent, Inverkeithing, Fife
- **Postcode:** KY11 1DQ
- **Website:** www.tafac.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science&#x27;

**What the charity does:** The Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee (TAFAC), formed in the mid-1970s, comprises a group of like-minded individuals, both professional and non-professional who have a shared aim of promoting archaeology within the Tayside and Fife area. Committee Members attend meetings either in their own time or with the blessing of their employers. There are three business meetings and an AGM each year. To further its main aim, TAFAC organises an annual conference, makes available (free of charge) videos of the conference presentations, publishes an annual Tayside and Fife Archaeological Journal (TAFAJ) – again made available free of charge, publishes three Newsletters per year. New members are recruited as existing members leave the committee.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;

**Objectives:** The objects of the Committee shall be (i) actively to further the cause of Archaeology within the Regions of Tayside and Fife in whatever ways it shall deem desirable. (ii) to maintain liaison with similar groups elsewhere, local archaeological and historical societies, Local Authorities, Governmental and other bodies on matters of mutual concern.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Fife
- **Geographical spread:** More than one local authority area in Scotland







