# Barr Community SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC049703
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Nov. 5, 2019
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC049703


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Mr. E Connon, 1A, Glenginnet Road, BARR, Girvan
- **Postcode:** KA26 9TU
- **Website:** www.barrvillage.co.uk



## 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 advancement of citizenship or community development&#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:** See response to C(1) above.  We plan, organise and support local events and activities to address social isolation and improve the mental and physical well-being of residents in a remote rural community.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Children or young people&#x27;,&#x27;Older People&#x27;,&#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;,&#x27;Other charities or voluntary bodies&#x27;

**Objectives:** The Organisation has been formed to benefit people who live or work within the geographical boundaries of the former Barr Parish Council area and/ or within the geographical boundaries of the Barr Community Council area (the “Community”), to protect the Barr Community Hall as an asset at the heart of the rural community, to establish a viable and sustainable community facility for all ages and abilities in the Community, and with the following charitable purposes (the “Purposes”):  4.1 The advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration, and the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities).  4.2 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture, or science.  4.3 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 (in relation to recreational facilities or activities which are primarily intended for persons who have need of them by reason of their age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, or are available to members of the public at large or to male or female members of the public at large).





## Geography

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







