# Irvine Burns Club

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC009445
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Unincorporated association
- **Registered:** Aug. 17, 1978
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC009445


## Contact

- **Address:** 66 Waterside, Irvine, Ayrshire
- **Postcode:** KA12 8QJ
- **Website:** www.irvineburnsclub.org



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals&#x27;,&#x27;It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations&#x27;,&#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

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

**What the charity does:** The Charity is set up to promote the works of the poet Robert Burns

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Children or young people&#x27;,&#x27;Older People&#x27;,&#x27;Other defined groups&#x27;,&#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;,&#x27;Other charities or voluntary bodies&#x27;

**Objectives:** The objects of the Club are - (1) To provide and maintain for the benefit of the general public a Museum wherein shall be exhibited relics of the Bard, his manuscripts and documents relating to his life and work, together with other treasures in the field of Scottish history, literature, art and music. (2) To provide prizes for School Competitions with a view to stimulating a more extensive study of the Poet&#x27;s works. (3) To conserve the various relics of the Bard and documents relating to his life and work which have become the property of the Club, or may hereafter become its property by gift or purchase. (4) To exert its influence in stimulating the study of the Scottish Muse. and (5) To perpetuate the memory of the Immortal Bard, by celebrating the Anniversary of his birth by an Annual Dinner of the Members, or otherwise as the Club may from time to time determine.





## Geography

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







