Durness Community Group

Constitutional objectives

4. The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular the objects are: 4.1. To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Durness and its environs (being the Parish of Durness polling district C01H, as defined by the postcode units IV27 4QQ, IV27 4SL, IV27 4QG, IV27 4UL, IV27 4UJ, IV27 4UN, IV27 4QD, IV27 4QE, IV27 4QB, IV27 4PZ, IV27 4QH, IV27 4PP, IV27 4QA, IV27 4QF, IV27 4PU, IV27 4PY, IV27 4PR, IV27 4PN, IV27 4PW, IV27 4PX, IV27 4PT, IV27 4PS, IV27 4SN “the Community” hereinafter referred to as “the Operating Area”) with the following objects (“the Objects”): without distinction of sex, sexuality, political, religious or other opinions by associating the local statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities, or assist in the provision of facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and other leisure-time occupation so that their conditions of life may be improved. 4.2. To relieve poverty among the residents of the Operating Area who are in necessitous circumstances. 4.3. To advance education and to promote training programmes and opportunities for the benefit of the residents of the Operating Area particularly among young people and the unemployed. 4.4 To protect and / or preserve the environment, in consultation with conservation bodies, for the benefit of the general public. 4.5 To promote the advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural regeneration) 4.6 To provide or assist in the provision of housing for people in necessitous circumstances within the Operating Area. 4.7 To promote, establish and operate other schemes for the benefit of the community within the Operating Area provided always that such schemes are charitable in law. 4.8 To manage community land and associated assets for the benefit of the Community and the public in general as an important part of the protection and sustainable development of Scotland’s natural environment, where ‘sustainable development’ means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. 4.9 All the above clauses (4.1 to 4.8) will be carried out following the principles of sustainable development (where sustainable development means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising and ability of future generations to meet their own needs).