Dunoon Community Development Trust

Constitutional objectives

1. The advancement of regeneration and community development and, in particular, the promotion of the holistic regeneration of Dunoon and its surroundings through the design and delivery of a range of activities, services and infrastructure designed to help Dunoon be a sustainable, inclusive community for all who live or work in the area. 2. The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture and/or science through the creation, improvement and on-going support of associated sites, infrastructure and activities. 3. To provide or advance the accessibility of recreational facilities, with a particular focus on encouraging the use of open spaces, which will be available to members of the Community and public at large, for recreational purposes to improve the community's quality of life. 4. To advance environmental protection or improvement including preservation, sustainable development and conservation of the natural environment, the maintenance, improvement or provision of environmental amenities for the Community and/or the preservation of buildings or sites of architectural, historic or other importance to the Community. 5. To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, particularly through the provision or support of projects working towards this aim within the Community. 6. To promote, establish, operate and/or support other similar schemes which are in furtherance of charitable 'purposes for the benefit of the Community. 7. And on the basis that in pursuing those purposes, the organisation will: (a) encourage and promote: (i) community involvement in, and direction of, Dunoon Community Development Trust. (ii) ownership and/or leasing of buildings, offices or any other community assets and the use of these assets to generate income. and (iii) maximisation of funding opportunities. (b) work in partnership with public, private and voluntary agencies in the furtherance of these aims and, in particular, work in partnership with Argyll & Bute Council and its community planning partners to identify regeneration projects within Dunoon.