# West Highland Community Rail Partnership

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC049800
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Dec. 4, 2019
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC049800


## Contact

- **Address:** Glenfinnan Station , Fort William
- **Postcode:** PH37 4LT
- **Website:** www.westhighlandcrp.com



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of environmental protection or improvement&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Community Rail is a grassroots movement, comprising partnerships and groups working at regional and local level to connect communities with their railways. The Westie is the CRP for the West Highland railway line from Crianlarich to Mallaig Although our involvement with the railway is diverse, one thing unites the group that makes up the Westie, and that’s our passion to make the West Highland Line work for our community. Born of a steering group of individuals resident from Mallaig to Crianlarich, our group found its feet and became one of the first constituted &amp; recognised CRP’s in Scotland. Now our board consists of representatives from the communities around stations along our line, and is in regular communication with all major stakeholders in our railways success.

**Objectives:** 4.1 The organisation’s purposes relate to that section of the West 	Highland Line which extends from Crianlarich to Mallaig (‘the Line”). The organisation will, in such manner as the charity trustees consider appropriate, promote, advance and further its charitable purposes by:  Supporting the communities connected to or nearby the Line and stations, and their social and natural environment, opportunities, educational attainment and culture and heritage through community involvement, education and information and working with local and wider stakeholders to boost and build on existing community engagement and cohesion and civic pride to work to create improved, safer, more sustainable communities by access to and harnessing the benefits derived from a railway network engaged with local communities and people including benefitting those coming  from outside these communities.  4.2 For the purposes of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (&#x27;the 2005 Act&#x27;) the following charitable purposes are (i) particularly relevant and (ii) the charitable purposes identified as applicable from section 7 of the 2005 Act:   4.2.1 the advancement of education.  4.2.2 the advancement of citizenship or community development.  4.2.3 the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. and  4.2.4 the advancement of environmental protection or improvement.  4.3 For the purposes of the Taxes Acts the provisions set out in clauses 4.1 and 4.2 shall be read together to ensure that the charitable purposes of the organisation are compliant with the Taxes Acts.





## Areas of operation

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






