# 28 Group Observed (SCIO)

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC046094
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Nov. 2, 2015
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC046094


## Contact

- **Address:** 27 Kippielaw Medway, Easthouses, Dalkeith, Midlothian
- **Postcode:** EH22 4HX
- **Website:** www.28group.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:** Providing educational talks, literature and guided visits for the general public relating to the Royal Observer Corps and their role in both the Second World War and the Cold War. The advancement of heritage by preserving the Royal Observer Corps Group &amp; Sector Control bunker at Craigiebarns in Dundee and other Royal Observer Corps sites served by the 28 Group Control Bunker. The archiving of related materials &amp; information to enable future research.

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

**Objectives:** The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are: 4.1 The advancement of education by providing educational talks, materials and guided visits for the general public relating to the Royal Observer Corps and their role in both the Second World War and the Cold War 4.2 The advancement of heritage by preserving, and helping others to preserve, the Royal Observer Corps Group Control bunker at Craigiebarns in Dundee and at other Royal Observer Corps sites in group served by the Group Control Bunker, as well as providing a research facility and archive for Cold War related materials.





## Geography

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







