Edinburgh Union Canal Society (SCIO)

Constitutional objectives

4 The organisation's purposes/objects are: a) to encourage and promote the public use of those stretches of the Union Canal and its towpath lying in and near Edinburgh, for educational, sporting, leisure and recreational purposes. b) to provide recreational facilities and activities for our members with the primary aim of improving their conditions of life through social interaction and leisure time activity. c) to promote and take all appropriate action for the preservation, conservation and development of the Union Canal and its towpath (hereinafter referred to as 'the canal'). d) to promote, conserve, restore and maintain the history, geology, biology, architecture and buildings, canal craft and boats and artefacts associated with the canal. e) to advance heritage by promoting awareness of the Union Canal and its benefits and helping people to understand the canal's history. f) to encourage and actively conserve the habitats and adequate breeding stocks of native wild plants and vegetation, birds, insects, fish and other forms of wildlife found in the canal and its towpath. g) to seek to promote and enhance the environment which impinges on the amenity of the canal. h) to join with other interested individuals, societies, clubs and other bodies both within and beyond Edinburgh to pursue the organisation's purposes.