# Kirknewton Community Development Trust Limited

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC037895
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** March 7, 2007
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC037895


## Contact

- **Address:** The Green Room, 12 Main St, Kirknewton, West Lothian
- **Postcode:** EH27 8AH
- **Website:** https://www.kirknewton.info/



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** &#x27;the prevention or relief of poverty&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of environmental protection or improvement&#x27;

**What the charity does:** KCDT is set up to deliver meaningful, community-driven initiatives that enhance the quality of life for local residents. We focus on a number of areas including: Community Development and Volunteering. provision of Community Facilities and Services. improvements of Local Environment and Green Space. Planning and Strategic Development. Local Economy and training. We are active in a number of areas including combating fuel poverty and environmental protection. Or largest project in the year to 31-08-24 was to realise a proposal in our development plan which meant we were nearing completion on seven 2-bedroom, low-energy homes designed for older residents, prioritising those with growing care needs and deep-rooted ties to Kirknewton.

**Objectives:** (a) To relieve poverty through the development of practical initiatives to combat fuel poverty in Kirknewton and its environs (b) To provide environmental protection by improving public awareness of fuel poverty, by enabling domestic energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy. (c) To advance education and in particular to promote opportunities for learning for the benefit of the general public (d) To advance environmental protection and improvement in Kirknewton through the provision, maintenance and/or amenities and other environmental and regeneration projects (but subject to appropriate safeguards to ensure that the public benefits so arising clearly outweigh any private benefit thereby conferred on private landowners) (e) To help young people, particularly those resident in Kirknewton, to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities, such that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and as members of society (f) To advance citizenship and/or community development (including the promotion of civic responsibility and the promotion of the voluntary sector and/or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities) (g) To promote, establish, operate and/or support other similar schemes and projects of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community within Kirknewton (h) To carry out any other charitable purpose for the benefit of the public with the prior consent of the Inland Revenue Charities Department or any successor body





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** West Lothian
- **Geographical spread:** A specific local point, community or neighbourhood






