Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +2
    Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

    ROOTS & RESILIENCE (SCIO) 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
    Financial Data
    Income & Spending ?
    Period ending 31/03/22 31/03/23
    Total income £8,155 £56,083
    Total spending £79 £31,585
    Surplus/deficit £8,076 £24,498
    Established: 3 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    Listed activities
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    GiG Classification
    • Animal sanctuaries and shelters
    Purposes
    • The advancement of education
    • The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
    • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
    Where it operates
    • Wider, but within one local authority area, main operating location: Fife
    Who it helps
    • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

    Who's supporting them? ?

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Shoots of hope
    £8,320 07/04/2022
    This group will provide young people who have experienced parental bereavement with resilience building and peer support activities in nature alongside a parent or carer.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in Scotland on 31/08/2021, number: SC051229
    Filing Record
    1 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    53 Queens Crescent, Kinghorn, KY3 9RG

    Objectives

    4 The organisation's purposes are: to connect people with nature in empowering ways for the benefit of themselves, their community and the environment. This is done through exploration, play, conservation, training and therapeutic activities. 4.1 The advancement of education: to provide therapeutic learning and play experiences in the outdoors where participants can learn about nature and develop communication skills in an informal setting. To educate people about the benefits of time in nature for their mental and physical wellbeing and to provide appropriate training to individuals to assist others in doing so. 4.2 The provision of recreational facilities or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. To connect people with active ways of learning in, and conserving, their natural environment in order to improve their mental and physical wellbeing. To provide emotional literacy activities and therapeutic activities in nature to help participants develop coping strategies to improve their mental wellbeing. To create opportunities for parents and carers to develop stronger relationships with their children through outdoor play and therapeutic activity. To provide therapeutic activities focusing on developing empathy and meaningful social connection in nature. This will provide those at most risk of social isolation with the tools to contribute meaningfully to their community including through conservation work. 4.3 The advancement of environmental protection. To inspire participants to take greater care of their natural environment by connecting them to nature through games, activities, learning and therapeutic experiences in the natural world. To build a connection to the natural world through learning to identify flora and fauna and the promotion of ethnobotany. To provide opportunities for participants to improve their local environment through conservation activities such as tree planting, litter picking and the creation of wildlife gardens.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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