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The decision to form Fife Coast and Countryside Trust was taken in April 1999 by Fife Council and it's partners, after identifying an opportunity to co-ordinate and improve the management, enhancement and promotion of certain aspects of Fife's countryside.
The Trust's founding partners were:
Fife Council
Kingdom of Fife Tourist board
Scottish Enterprise Fife
and Scottish Natural Heritage.
These organisations recognised this potential, however, for it to be brought to fruition there was a need to seek and develop new more flexile ways of operating that the partners could not achieve alone. Following extensive research it was decided that the most appropriate way forward would be through the formation of a new independent organisation.
Fife Coast and Countryside Trust officially came into being on 1st March 2001 with the Cheif Executive, Amanda McFarlane appointed in June 2002. It is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status (charity number SC031247). It is also VAT registered (VAT No 828 8251 03).
The objectives of the Trust are wholly charitable. They are defined in the Memorandum of Association as being for “the conservation, preservation and improvement of the countryside and access to said countryside in the Fife local Government area for the benefit of the public at large to advance their education and provide recreation facilities by:-
- Providing, developing and improving the facilities of the countryside and of the natural resources of Fife.
- Seeking to preserve and conserve the heritage of Fife including it's landscape, wildlife, history and culture.
- Interpreting and encouraging informed, responsible public access to the landscape and the wildlife resources of Fife; and
- Securing the sustainable use, management and enjoyment of the countryside of Fife.
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