Lasswade Community Rugby Trust (SCIO)

Constitutional objectives

The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 to advance inclusive public participation in sport through the promotion, practising, development and playing of Rugby Football and other sports, by pupils in schools and persons up to the age of 25 years, residing in the communities of Lasswade, Bonnyrigg and District, and elsewhere in Midlothian. In furtherance thereof, the organisation shall seek to procure funding to support initiatives designed to develop participation by children and young people as above in the sport of rugby, in a safe and secure environment, to nurture their talents and encourage their continuing involvement in sport into adulthood and beyond, in the interests of social welfare and for the benefit of the community. and 4.2 to support provision of recreational facilities, events and organised sporting pursuits intended to promote the development of personal life-skills, team-working, self-discipline, social inter-action and inclusion, thereby to improve the well-being, health, fitness and conditions of life for the communities of Lasswade, Bonnyrigg and District, and elsewhere in Midlothian, through participation in sporting, educational and social activities, all in furtherance of the purposes described in 4.1 above. The above objects shall be pursued, without distinction of race, creed, ethnicity, gender, nationality, sexual orientation and religious, political or other beliefs, by associating with local agencies and statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and clubs, governing bodies and inhabitants generally, in a common effort to advance education and social cohesion to improve the conditions of life for participants and the community in general.