# Rhet Dumfries And Galloway Countryside Initiative

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC034814
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Part of:** [Royal Highland Education Trust](/sc/SC007492.md) (SC007492)
- **Registered:** Aug. 20, 2003
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC034814


## Contact

- **Address:** 51 Newall Terrace, Dumfries
- **Postcode:** DG1 1LN



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of environmental protection or improvement&#x27;

**What the charity does:** The RHET Dumfries and Galloway Countryside Initiative aims to provide schools in Dumfries and Galloway with the provision of farm visits, classroom speakers and resources in school. The charity aims to advance public education by: 1.	The promotion and encouragement of the dissemination of information concerning Scottish wildlife, agriculture, forestry, rural industries and the countryside 2.	Increasing the general public&#x27;s awareness of their symbiosis with the biological diversity, rural environment, countryside life and economy in Scotland 3.	Improving the general public&#x27;s understanding of the policies and actions necessary to sustain long term food and timber production and provision for wildlife and its habitats The objectives are achieved by carrying out and developing at a local level the activities of the charitable body with which the Company is and shall (subject as after mentioned) remain affiliated, namely, The Royal Highland Education Trust.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Children or young people&#x27;

**Objectives:** The Company is established for charitable objects and purposes only and, in particular, to advance public education by (i) the promotion and encouragement of the dissemination of information concerning Scottish wildlife, agriculture, forestry, rural industries and the countryside (ii) increasing the general public&#x27;s awareness of their symbiosis with the biological diversity, rural environment, countryside life and economy of Scotland (iii) improving the general public&#x27;s understanding of the policies and actions necessary to sustain long-term food and timber production, and provision for wildlife and its habitats and (iv) by carrying out and developing at a local level the activities of the charitable body with which the Company is and shall (subject as aftermentioned) remain affiliated, namely, The Royal Highland Education Trust (a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in Scotland with registered number 12381 3, and being Scottish charity number SC007492, hereinafter referred to as &#x27;RHET&#x27;). the operations of the Company to be confined to the designated geographical area known generally as RHET Dumfries and Galloway Countryside Initiative area, being the present local authority area of Dumfries and Gal loway.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Dumfries And Galloway
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area







