The Scottish Mining Welfare Trust

Constitutional objectives

2. The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund for charitable purposes (in the sense in which that expression is used in Section 7(2) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland ) Act 2005) exclusively and shall pay or apply so much of the Trust Fund in sums of such amount as the Trustees in their absolute discretion may decide, with the power to accumulate the remainder for the purpose of the improvement of the condition of persons who are or who have been employed in Scotland in the mining industry or its ancillary undertakings, their families or dependents or persons who reside within the traditional coal field areas of Scotland and who have need of relief by reason of youth, age, illness, infirmity, disablement, poverty, or social disadvantage and without prejudice to that generality the methods used to achieve these objects may include any or all of: 2.1 The organisation and provision of outdoor and indoor recreational facilities including sports, games, pastimes, arts, crafts, holidays, excursions, outings and entertainments. 2.2 The provision and maintenance of convalescent accommodation and the aid and rehabilitation of the disabled. 2.3 The provision of further education, aids and comforts for all deserving parties to include without prejudice to the foregoing generality the aged, sick, infirm and disabled. 2.4 The promotion and maintenance of youth clubs and youth courses. 2.5 The provision of assistance or funding to individual miners' welfare schemes which are recognised as being charities under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. 2.6 The relief of distress occasioned by any accident occurring in the mining industry in Scotland involving the loss of life or serious or permanent injury to any person employed in the said industry and the relief of distress shall include the making of provision for or towards maintenance. education and training of the dependants of any persons losing their lives or sustaining