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Our Charitable Purposes

Our purposes are focused on positive social and environmental impact within our community of Kirriemuir and the surrounding area, and include:

(a) Advancement of environmental protection and improvement by:
(i) helping our community move towards net-zero emissions;
(ii) promoting and advancing sustainable living practices, and;
(iii) protecting and restoring our local nature.

(b) Development and support of community education by:
(i) increasing knowledge and understanding of local and global climate change including approaches for adaptation and mitigation;
(ii) increasing knowledge, learning, and skills development to promote sustainable living, and;
(iii) increasing knowledge and understanding of our local natural habitats and actions required for their protection and restoration.

(c) Promotion and advancement of the health and wellbeing co-benefits arising through:
(i) prevention and reduction of environmental degradation;
(ii) providing opportunities within our projects, events and collaborative partnership working to maintain and improve health and wellbeing, and
preventing disease and ill health by increasing access to greenspace, healthy and affordable food, and physical activity.

(d) Advancement of community resilience and development by encouraging and supporting participation and volunteering in our community projects and events.

(e) Promotion, establishment, facilitating and/or operating activities and initiatives which further our charitable environmental and social aims.

Our charitable purposes sit alongside our strategic objectives, as set out in our 5 year strategy, written in 2023 through a collaborative process involving our members, volunteers and staff.

Important Information

Duties of Members

The members of a SCIO are subject to some of the general duties of charity trustees set out at section 66 of The Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, specifically, they must;

• act in the interests of the SCIO, and
• seek, in good faith, to ensure the SCIO acts in a manner which is consistent with its charitable purposes.

These duties are most likely to apply when members are considering changes to our constitution or taking part in elections of trustees. When carrying out these duties, members must act in the interests of the SCIO and seek to ensure that Sustainable Kirriemuir continues to operate in line with its charitable purposes. If a member fails to comply with this duty, it may be treated as misconduct in the administration of Sustainable Kirriemuir.

Membership Criteria

You must be age 16 or over to become a member.

Membership Fees

Joining Sustainable Kirriemuir is free, but if you would like to make a donation to help us achieve our aims, then a suggested donation of £10 would be gratefully received.

Keeping in Touch

We use Mailchimp email marketing software to keep in touch with our members, predominantly through our monthly newsletter, as well as occasional member-specific communications. By signing this application form you agree to be added to our database for the purposes of Sustainable Kirriemuir maintaining a register of members and to communicate with you. Your details will not be passed on to any third-party organisations without your permission.