Fochabers Village Association

Constitutional objectives

(1) To provide within Fochabers and the surrounding district recreational facilities, or organise recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended (2) To advance the arts and/or culture (3) To advance. environmental. protection and improvement in Fochabers and the surrounding district through the provision, maintenance and/or improvement of public open space and other public . amenities and other environmental and regeneration projects (but subject to appropriate safeguards to ensure that the public benefits so arising clearly outweigh any private benefit thereby conferred on private landowners) (4) To advance community development within Fochabers and the surrounding district for the benefit of the general public (5) To help young people, particularly those resident in the community, to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities, such that. they may grow to full maturity as individuals and as members of society (6) To advance heritage and/ or preserve, for the benefit of the general public, the? historical, architectural and constructional heritage that may exist in and around Fochabers and the surrounding district in buildings (including any structure or erection, and any part of a building as so defined) of particular beauty or historical,. architectural or constructional interest (7) To encourage, stimulate and support volunteering principally in Fochabers and the surrounding district (8) To advance citizenship and/or community development (including the promotion of civic responsibility and the promotion of the voluntary sector and/or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities) (9) To promote, establish, operate and/or support other similar schemes and projects of a charitable nature for the benefit of the community within Fochabers and the surrounding district.