The Kyles Coastal Community will soon be a Scottish Charity Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)

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Our aims are to advance environmental protection or improvement, the advancement of education, and the advancement of citizenship or community development, for the public benefit, in relation to the marine and coastal environment of the Kyles of Bute, Loch Ridden and surrounding waters and the wider community of Argyll & Bute, in particular but not exclusively by:

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(a) monitoring water quality and the impact of sewage and other discharges on the coastal and marine environment;

(b) surveying, recording and helping to protect marine habitats and wildlife, including through the use of remotely operated vehicles, drones, diving and other survey methods;

(c) identifying and supporting other opportunities for habitat restoration and enhancement, including but not limited to seagrass and other marine habitat restoration;

(d) gathering and presenting evidence to NatureScot, Marine Directorate and other relevant public bodies, and responding to public consultations, in support of effective and appropriately targeted marine protection measures, including but not limited to Priority Marine Feature protections and Marine Protected Area status, for the benefit of the environment;

(e) raising public awareness and understanding of the marine and coastal environment of the Kyles of Bute and Loch Ridden, including through public events, exhibitions, publications, citizen science activities and training;

(f) encouraging and enabling members of the local community to participate in environmental monitoring, conservation and related heritage activity; and

(g) where the charity trustees consider it expedient in furtherance of the foregoing, holding, acquiring, managing, restoring or improving land, water or other property for the benefit of the environment and the community.