Banchory Community Trust

Constitutional objectives

The company's objects are to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Banchory and surrounding areas, for charitable purposes, to : 1. advance community involvement and citizenship by creating and encouraging opportunities for active volunteering within the organisation and general community. 2. advance community development by providing means for community involvement in decision making concerning Banchory's future development and supporting directly or indirectly the enhancement of community organisations and the pursuit of Banchory and district renewal. 3. identify, develop and support initiatives to improve environmental issues arising in Banchory and surrounding areas through pollution minimising projects, enhancing sustainable waste management for the community and advancing the protection and conservation of the local built and natural environment. 4. raise public awareness of all aspects of local culture and to support and develop projects which protect, preserve and restore local heritage. 5. identify, develop and support initiatives, and to work in partnership with all other agencies and bodies operating in the area (public, private and voluntary), in order to promote, support and advance the health and well-being of all residents of Banchory and surrounding areas, and to work in partnership to support any training and educational initiatives. 6. identify, develop and support initiatives which address the specific needs of older people, young people and of those with disabilities or other specific needs living within Banchory and surrounding areas. 7. promote, provide and develop recreational facilities in the town and environs for the whole community.