The council holds charitable trusts for the relief of poverty, those in need, and the provision of recreational facilities and activities for disadvantaged groups.

Applications will be considered from individuals and organisations living in or who are assisting residents within these towns:

Kilbirnie and Glengarnock
Dalry
Kilwinning
Largs

Trust purposes

Trust Purpose A - The prevention or relief of poverty

The Trustees may interpret poverty broadly and a person does not have to be destitute to be considered poor. The prevention of poverty includes preventing those who are poor from becoming poorer as well as preventing those who are at risk of being poor from becoming poor. It must be possible to:

demonstrate that the activities for which funding is requested becoming are clearly targeted at people suffering or at risk of poverty

Activity which enables individuals or groups to escape or avoid poverty, such as training for work skills, may provide benefit under this purpose, as may direct help by monetary payments or assistance in kind to those suffering poverty.

Trust Purpose B - The provision of recreational facilities or the organisation of recreational activities

This purpose promotes the provision of recreational facilities in the interests of social welfare. Facilities or activities may be provided to the community as a whole, e.g. a community centre. Alternatively, facilities or activities may be provided to a particular section of the community as long as there is also a public benefit, e.g. a youth club, or a senior citizens club.

Note that where facilities or activities are not provided to the public as a whole but only to a limited section of the public:

that section of the public must be defined in terms of need, which must relate to their age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; and
the provider must be able to demonstrate that the benefit is being provide to a section of the public which is in need of it.

An example would be a club providing recreational or sporting facilities for people with learning difficulties or an activity club for senior citizens. Note that if considered appropriate, the activity may be provided to men only or to women only.

Trust Purpose C - The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

This purpose would include organisations concerned with the care or upbringing of children or young people, as well as organisations concerned with relief of the effects of old age or disability, for example by providing specialist advice or equipment or drop-in centres. It includes relief given by the provision of accommodation or care and would therefore also be relevant to housing associations and similar bodies aiming to relieve the effects of ill health or disability.

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