Temple Old Kirk Friends [SCIO]

Constitutional objectives

The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To preserve and enhance Temple Old Kirk in order to make its heritage value more accessible to a wider and more diverse audience. 4.2 To build capacity within the community to engage productively with local government and heritage organisations in order to initiate preservation works to the stone fabric of the Old Kirk and develop a programme for the repair and protection of culturally significant headstones in the churchyard. 4.3 To regenerate and increase the positive value of the contribution of Temple Old Kirk to the conservation area to which it belongs and provide a focal point for the local community and population within Midlothian as well as other parts of Scotland and the UK. 4.4 To maximise the positive social impact from the restoration of historic monuments by creating new experiences to attract new audiences, and to offer historical insight into the relation between community, individuals and place across different periods and time intervals. 4.5 To increase the social potential of Temple Old Kirk along with its vitality and relevance for the wider community by generating a range of opportunities for volunteering and skills development in fundraising and heritage management, including conservation, documentation and archive practice. 4.6 To build resilience in response to the challenges of heritage conservation in a rural area with limited resources and to promote innovative solutions that will make the conservation project more sustainable in the long term.