# Friends of Benmore Outdoor Centre [SCIO]

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC048918
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Dec. 18, 2018
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC048918


## Contact

- **Address:** 17 Marchburn Drive, Penicuik, Midlothian
- **Postcode:** EH26 9HE



## 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 the arts, heritage, culture or science&#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;

**What the charity does:** Fundamentally, we are set up to help all children and young people - primarily school pupils - to participate in outdoor learning at Benmore Centre and to enhance facilities to maximise their benefit from doing this.  We do this by raising funds - either from donations or from charitable trusts - and disbursing them in accordance with these aims.  We also aim to support the CPD of teachers and volunteers working with children and young people in the area of outdoor learning and sustainability of the natural environment.  We aim to contribute to the upkeep of the B-listed Benmore House in order to meet these other objectives.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Other defined groups&#x27;

**Objectives:** 4.The organisations purposes are: 4.1 The advancement of education, by: assisting children and young people from across Scotland who might otherwise have difficulty in accessing a high-quality residential experience at Benmore Centre enhancing the provision of a programme of outdoor and environmental activities to engage, develop and educate children and young people attending the Centre facilitating training for volunteers to ensure that children and young people from across Scotland gain maximum benefit from Benmore based outdoor activities.  4.2 The provision of recreational activities, 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, by: supporting Benmore Centre in the provision of recreational activities for families, clubs and societies, members of the local community and others, to promote a healthy lifestyle and protection of the environment facilitating training for volunteers, as in 4.1  4.3 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science, by: contributing, as appropriate, to the upkeep of the Grade B listed Benmore House to maintain its historical and architectural importance.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Midlothian
- **Geographical spread:** Operations cover all or most of Scotland







