# West Kintyre Community Fund

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC050864
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** March 25, 2021
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC050864


## Contact

- **Address:** Birchfield, Whitehouse, By Tarbert, Argyll
- **Postcode:** PA29 6XS



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals&#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 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:** The main activities of the SCIO are to assist those persons living within the West Kintyre Community Council (WKCC) area wishing to undertake further educational studies, be at university, further education college or apprenticeships by the payment of an annual bursary granny for the duration of their studies. To assist other charities and groups operating within WKCC to undertake activities and developments conducive with the charitable purposes of the SCIO governing document. To help promote and develop the community development plan by consultation with the local community and to develop longer term legacy projects for future generations.

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

**Objectives:** The SCIO&#x27;s purposes are to benefit the communities of West Kintyre Community Council. The objects are: 5.1 The distribution of Community funds from windfarms, and funds from other sources, to community groups or organizations within the area of West Kintyre to undertake projects that meet the public benefit criteria agreed by the SCIO and the donor and which fall within the purposes of. 5.1.1 the advancement of community development and sustainability (including rural regeneration), 5.1.2 the advancement of education, 5.1.3 the advancement of arts, heritage, culture, or science, 5.1.4 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, 5.1.5 the advancement of environmental protection or improvement, 5.1.6 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, or another disadvantage, 5.2 The SCIO shall promote (but not promote exclusively) its activities and operations to people within the area of West Kintyre Community Council. These people will be the SCIO&#x27;s beneficiaries.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Argyll And Bute
- **Geographical spread:** A specific local point, community or neighbourhood






