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Central Borders Red Squirrel Network, SC053059
Registered charity from 15 January 2024
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The name the charity is known by.The Name the Charity is Known ByCBRSN
This shows the latest contact address that OSCR has been given for the charity.AddressUpper Barnhills
Minto
This is the latest postcode that the charity has supplied.PostcodeTD9 8SH
This shows whether the address supplied by the charity is their principal office or the address of one of the charity's trustees. Where the charity tells us that the address is a charity trustee's address, we must publish the name.Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address?Trustee - Charity Trustee
Shown where the charity has supplied us with a link to its website.Websitewww.bordersredsquirrels.com
Charities are shown as Standard charities, Registered Social Landlords, or Cross-Border charities. These last two will link through to other Regulators’ websites, where you may be able to view the charity’s accounts.Regulatory Type Standard
This personalised charity registration logo can be downloaded free of charge and used on the charity’s website, email signatures and publications.OSCR Registration Logo
These are taken directly from the charity's constitution. A charity's objects describe what the charity has been legally set up to achieve. They do not necessarily describe all of the activities the charity carries out in order to achieve these objects. Object:
1. Promote the conservation of the native red squirrel population in its natural habitat within the Central Borders region, including Hawick, Selkirk, Galashiels, Jedburgh, Kelso, Denholm, Bonchester Bridge, the Teviot River, the Tweed River catchment and surrounding areas. 2. Advance the education of the general public in the subject of red squirrel conservation. 3. Promote the control of grey squirrels in the Network Area using legal, recognized and established techniques. These may be achieved by the following means - a. Encourage the general public to report sightings of red and grey squirrels. b. Engage with the general public and schools to educate residents of the local area about the plight of the red squirrel and conservation actions that need to be undertaken. 3.Liaise with other environmental groups within the Network's remit area to further promote red squirrel conservation activities. 4. Recruit, organize, encourage and support volunteers to undertake grey squirrel control in the Network's remit area. 5. Organize training for volunteers 6.Build up a network of dispatchers to cover the Network's area. 7.Carry out monitoring and recording. 8.Raise funds and invite or receive contributions to cover the costs of the Network's activities.
Details of the charity's operations
Current status of the charity.Charity Status: Active
When the charity last submitted a change in information.Last Updated: 24 Apr 2024
Whether the charity is a Trust, Company, Unincorporated Association, SCIO, Educational Endowment, Industrial & Provident Society or Statutory Corporation, the date it became that form, and any previous forms it may have had.Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 15 Jan 2024
This best describes how local or widespread the work of the charity is.Geographical Spread: Wider, but within one local authority area
This local authority area in which the charity is currently operating.Main Operating Location: Scottish Borders
The Charity and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act sets out 15 charitable purposes and one analogous purpose.Purposes: "the advancement of education","the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
This lists which beneficiary groups the charity has identified as being the main focus of activities: children / young people, older people, people with disabilities or health problems, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other defined groups, no specific group or for the benefit of the community, other charities / voluntary bodies.Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
This sets out the types of activity undertaken by the charity from the following: it makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals, it makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations, it carries out activities or services itself, it does none of these.Types of activity undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

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