THE ECOLOGY CENTRE SCIO 

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Ecology Centre
£1,020	21/10/2023	We would like to deliver our Connecting People with Nature volunteering project, to encourage people with poor mental health to get active outdoors whilst spending time in nature to reflect.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Health and Wellbeing Project
£148,724	03/03/2022	This group will use the funding to continue an environmental and outdoor supported volunteering programme for people within the community. They will build confidence practical skills self-esteem and ....more This group will use the funding to continue an environmental and outdoor supported volunteering programme for people within the community. They will build confidence practical skills self-esteem and make a positive and lasting contribution to the environment. This will take place in the Kinghorn area of Fife and will involve 700 participants and 113 volunteers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Get Outdoors! - Natures Green Prescription
£40,399	09/04/2021	This group have provided volunteering opportunities for a number of years and the funding will allow more people to take part. Opportunities will includes outdoor activities in their community garden ....more This group have provided volunteering opportunities for a number of years and the funding will allow more people to take part. Opportunities will includes outdoor activities in their community garden maintenance of the land and facilities around Kinghorn Loch or work refurbishing tools for redistribution. The centre is dementia friendly and offers opportunities for people suffering from this condition and their carers to take part in activities.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to The Ecology Centre
£5,000	16/03/2021	The Toolshed
Scottish Government - The Ecology Centre
£25,588	04/03/2021	Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Ecology Centre
£2,067	08/12/2020	To contribute to the delivery of a programme distributing 3000 vegetable seedlings and providing online support in growing them and the delivery of family friendly cook along sessions.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Dementia Friendly Thursdays
£29,539	27/05/2020	Meaningful activities for people living with dementia and their unpaid carers are essential for their wellbeing. This application requests support to deliver Tool Shed and outdoor activity sessions, ....more Meaningful activities for people living with dementia and their unpaid carers are essential for their wellbeing. This application requests support to deliver Tool Shed and outdoor activity sessions, and to further contribute to the dementia conversation with this innovative and respectful work.
Corra Foundation - HDG-19/487
£5,390	01/06/2019	For the running costs of the Mini Growers outreach project in Templehall, Kirkcaldy and to close the appeal.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Tool Shed
£9,946	10/05/2019 12	This group will employ a tool shed officer to continue to deliver volunteering opportunities at their site adjacent to Kinghorn Loch. This will benefit 19 people a week.
Corra Foundation - HDA-17/211
£2,916	08/06/2017	For the costs of the Part-time Tool Shed worker thus closing the appeal.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Unlocking Skills
£15,000	30/11/2016	The Tool Shed model will be used to facilitate dementia friendly sessions and integrate this with our community work. There will be partnerships with three care settings to increase levels of social ....more The Tool Shed model will be used to facilitate dementia friendly sessions and integrate this with our community work. There will be partnerships with three care settings to increase levels of social connection, self-esteem and confidence to cope with life for people living with dementia, memory loss or brain injuries.
Corra Foundation - HDA-16/194
£2,990	07/04/2016	for the sessional worker for the Tool Shed Project for people with dementia
National Lottery Community Fund - Kinghorns Place to Grow The Ecology Centre
£920,849	13/11/2014 60	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Building on Success: A Sustainable Future for Kinghorn
£91,962	21/04/2010 24	This project will support the construction of a new building and development of a loch side landscape so that the group can continue to deliver environmental education and offer beneficiaries direct ....more This project will support the construction of a new building and development of a loch side landscape so that the group can continue to deliver environmental education and offer beneficiaries direct experience of the natural environment. Funded through Growing Community Assets the project will provide educational activities, events, work placements and volunteering opportunities._x000B__x000B_

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Trustees

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Legal constitution

• Charity registered in Scotland on 11/08/1998, number: SC028174
Notes: This SCIO was incorporated on 30/05/2023 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company (Company number: [SC188446], company name: [THE ECOLOGY CENTRE])

Filing Record

Main office

Kinghorn Loch, Kinghorn, Fife, KY3 9YG

Objectives

The SCIO’s purposes are to benefit principally the community of [the Heartlands of Fife] which comprises the following postcodes KY1, KY2, KY3, KY4, KY5, KY6 and KY7] (“the Community”) with the following objects: 4.1 The advancement of community development (including the advancement of urban and rural regeneration) principally within the Community. 4.2 The advancement of Education 4.3 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science 4.4 The provision of recreational facilities or the organisation of recreational activities to improve the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. 4.5 The advancement of environmental protection or improvement But only to the extent that the above purposes are consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development.