# Kinross Open Spaces Action Group SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC052863
- **Known as:** KOSAG
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Sept. 28, 2023
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC052863


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Morgans Solictors and Estate Agents, 62 High St, Kinross
- **Postcode:** KY13 8AN



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#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;

**What the charity does:** Our charity was set up to protect, enhance and revitalise open spaces in Kinross, ensuring they remain vibrant, accessible, and cherished by generations to come. Originally inspired by a desire to protect Davies Park in Kinross, which was, and potentially still is, at risk of being used as an access route for housing development, we have a well-supported campaign ‘No Road in the Park’ supported by over 1000 people on Facebook. We are currently negotiating with the local authority ways of acquiring part of the park land, probably by lease, to give it protection for continued community use.

**Objectives:** The Organisations main purpose is consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development. The Organisations Purposes are:  To advance environmental protection and improvement by the preservation of parkland and open spaces within Kinross through community ownership and community development of these spaces. The provision of recreational facilities for the benefit of the community through the community development of parkland and open spaces in Kinross.





## Areas of operation

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






