ADVENTURE CENTRE FOR EDUCATION (ACE) 

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
Foundation Scotland - ACE & Adventure Carrick Website Upgrade
£4,294	26/04/2023 11	To fund the development of a new website in order to raise the profile of ACE's work, boosting service user engagement and supporting fundraising
William Grant Foundation - General operating support September 2022- September 2024
£72,765	08/09/2022	Contribution to general operating costs, however it is anticipated that funds will be used to support the costs of the Finding the Spark trainee programme for 2 years.
William Grant Foundation - Outdoor Recovery Programme
£20,000	20/05/2021 12	To support a programme of outdoor activity for young people in Girvan and Carrick who are struggling to reconnect after lockdown.
Scottish Government - Adventure Centre for Education (ACE)
£16,259	21/04/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Next level
£6,055	18/04/2019 12	To contribute to the costs of 'The Next Level' activities programme.
William Grant Foundation - Finding the Spark
£50,296	01/10/2018 24	To meet the cost of employing a total of four trainee outdoor education instructors for 12 months each, over a period of two years. The trainees will be previously unemployed local young people. Key ....more To meet the cost of employing a total of four trainee outdoor education instructors for 12 months each, over a period of two years. The trainees will be previously unemployed local young people. Key words: employability, apprenticeship, outdoor education
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Adventure Centre for Education
£1,500	10/05/2018 8	to contribute towards running a programme of outdoor activity days.
Foundation Scotland - Balance
£8,970	08/02/2018 0	To run an outdoor learning and wellbeing project for P7s attending Girvan Primary School.
Foundation Scotland - Adventure for All
£50,000	23/11/2017 23	The grant will cover the cost of sessional instructors, transport, administration costs, advertising and publicity, and project management costs to enable the organisation to provide up to 125 ....more The grant will cover the cost of sessional instructors, transport, administration costs, advertising and publicity, and project management costs to enable the organisation to provide up to 125 outdoor activity days over a two year period for young people
Corra Foundation - HDA-16/189
£3,500	07/04/2016	to purchase an off-road wheelchair to facilitate outdoor activities for disabled people.
Foundation Scotland - Finding the Spark
£49,320	17/09/2015 29	Towards the cost of providing paid, 6 month long work placements with the Adventure Centre for Education for 4 young people a year over a 2 year period.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Adventure Centre for Education
£15,200	27/03/2015 13	To purchase new equipment and deliver 15 activity days to local young people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Commonwealth Challenge
£10,000	24/01/2014 12	The project will improve team building and confidence skills for 48 young people aged 12-18 in the local area to raise awareness of the Commonwealth Games and encourage them to be more physically ....more The project will improve team building and confidence skills for 48 young people aged 12-18 in the local area to raise awareness of the Commonwealth Games and encourage them to be more physically active. It will involve 8 teams of 6 young people representing different Commonwealth countries and teams will research and design their team clothing . They will then take part in training days learning activities from archery to raft building culiminating in a final event to showcase the new skills learned.
Foundation Scotland - Advetnure Centre for Education (ACE)
£5,000	10/12/2010	To contribute towards the annual cost of leasing office space and an equipment store.

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Directors (6)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in Scotland on 11/06/2010, number: SC041556
• Registered at Companies House on 03/06/2010, number: SC379658

Filing Record

Main office

, KA26 9PF

Objectives

(1). To provide (or to assist in the provision of) recreational facilities particularly within the Operating Area, and organise (or to assist in the organisation of) recreational activities particularly within the Operating Area, with such facilities/activities being available to members of the public at large and/or those who, by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances, have need of such facilities with the object of improving their conditions of life. (2). The preservation, restoration and improvement of the environment in and around the Operating Area through the provision, maintenance and/or improvement of public open space, public footpaths and other public amenities and other environmental and townscape regeneration projects, and on the basis that in doing so, the company shall seek wherever appropriate (but subject to appropriate safeguards to ensure that the public benefit so arising clearly outweighs any private benefit thereby conferred on private landowners) to carry out works of reclamation, remediation, restoration and other operations to facilitate the use for those purposes of land whose use has been prevented or restricted because of previous use. (3). The promotion for the public benefit of the preservation (whether wholly or in part) of buildings and other structures of historic and/or environmental significance within the Operating Area. 4). The promotion of health benefits of outdoor environmental education, and with particular reference to increasing mental wellbeing, healthy eating, and social inclusion, family cohesion, and the relief of poverty, by providing opportunities to take part in outdoor environmental programmes. MAXIMUM TEXT LIMIT REACHED, PLEASE CONTACT CHARITY FOR FULL OBJECTS