Argyll and the Isles Coast and Countryside Trust

Constitutional objectives

4. The SCIO’s purposes are to benefit the community of Argyll and Bute, which comprises the local authority area of Argyll and Bute (the “Community”), with the following objects: 4.1 to advance environmental protection and/or improvement, in particular through the maintenance, management, promotion and enhancement of the natural environment (including landscape, wildlife and the marine environment, and including measures to promote biodiversity) in countryside and coastal areas within the Community, and through encouraging investment in the Community’s natural capital. 4.2 to advance education, primarily within the Community, in particular (a) through encouraging, facilitating and promoting informed and responsible public access to countryside and coastal areas within the Community (and including the provision of interpretive centres, signage and other methods of conveying information), (b) increasing the level of knowledge and understanding of environmental issues (including principles of best practice) among local communities and public, private and third sector bodies, and (c) conducting, arranging and/or participating in research projects within the environmental field where the results of such research are to be made available to the public. 4.3 to provide recreational facilities with the aim of encouraging public participation in outdoor leisure activities within countryside and coastal areas within the Community and improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended, particularly within the Community. 4.4 to advance heritage, and in particular to promote the conservation of buildings and other features of architectural and/or historical interest within the Community. 4.5 to relieve unemployment and promote volunteering within the Community, and in particular through projects and initiatives connected with the delivery of the objectives set out above which provide opportunities for volunteer support, training and/or work experience. and 4.6 to promote the voluntary sector within the Community, and particularly through the delivery of advice and support to, and/or joint working with, organisations which are pursuing aims similar to one or more of the objectives set out above.