# Dalry Community Sports Club SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC045250
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Nov. 25, 2014
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC045250


## Contact

- **Address:** 7 West Kirkland Place
- **Postcode:** KA24 5DE



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** &#x27;the prevention or relief of poverty&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of health&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of public participation in sport&#x27;,&#x27;the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of environmental protection or improvement&#x27;,&#x27;the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Dalry Community Sports Club have a number of key priorities which were originally based on increasing the health and wellbeing, mental &amp; physical health of our community through various sports and leisure activities. Prior to the pandemic we were also looking at opportunities to help address, both social isolation and food deprivation issues, aligning ourselves with some of the key priorities of North Ayrshire Council and Scottish Government. We currently run / support a number of initiatives, including our Community Larder, Community Warm Space, Parklives Project,  Gala Days, Skirt the Skeith Children`s / Adult run, Orienteering, Dalry Men`s Shed, supporting Dalry She-Shed, Christmas Lights, Community Cinema Nights, all of these offering an opportunity for the community to come together, and with some also having free or low cost food and activities. We are also at an advanced stage in our community allotment project, and long term lease agreement of local sports pavilion.

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

**Objectives:** The organisation’s purposes are to benefit the community of Dalry and surrounding areas (incorporating the postcode area KA24 through  1.1 To advance public participation in sport in Dalry and the surrounding area by promoting and providing opportunities for a wide range of sporting and leisure activities in an accessible manner to all groups of people and to improve the fitness and health of the persons for whom the activities are intended.  1.2  The promotion for the benefit of the public of urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation in Dalry and in the surrounding area by all or any of the following means: (a) The prevention of poverty and the relief of financial hardship by using DIGNITY principles to provide food security to those who need it most and are being disadvantaged due to unemployment, low income, lone parent, health, and social standing.  (b) Advancement of environmental protection by reducing food waste and encouraging sustainable development.  (c) Advancement of physical and mental health and wellbeing by improving health outcomes, improving emotional wellbeing and promoting social inclusion through acting as a community focal point, and by promoting access to key support such as money advice, credit unions, housing, health, employment and skills.  (d) The creation of training and employment opportunities through the provision of facilities, buildings, and/or land for use on favourable terms and for the advancement of education, training or retraining, particularly among unemployed people, and  those who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances, have need of such facilities: (e) Bringing the community together through engagement, partnership, collaboration and co-operation and by fostering community spirit and encouraging civic pride. (f) Promote the health and wellbeing of the residents of the area and to work together as residents irrespective of age, sex, ethnicity, ability, religion or political view.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** North Ayrshire
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area







