Fintry Development Trust

Constitutional objectives

4.1 To advance environmental protection by promoting the adoption of measures to encourage the more efficient use of the world's resources, and in particular more efficient use of non-renewable energy sources so as (i) to minimise the proliferation of mines, wells and other extraction facilities which degrade the natural environment and (ii) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and thus avoid the damage to the natural environment caused by global warming. 4.2 To prevent and/or relieve poverty, and to relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, through the provision of fuel poverty grants and/or the provision of (either free of cost, or at reduced cost) a range of energy conservation measures. 4.3 To advance education in the fields of renewable energy, energy conservation, and similar areas. and 4.4 To promote the voluntary sector and the effectiveness and/or efficiency of charities, and in particular, through providing them (either free of cost, or at reduced cost) with a range of energy conservation measures and such that the activities in pursuance of the above objects shall be focussed on Fintry and the surrounding area, as defined by the Fintry Community Council boundaries (“the Operating Area”).