Vision

Background

In the aftermath of the tragic helicopter accident in September 2007, and the incredible response from the public via phone calls, letters, e-mails and at the Memorial Service in Lanark, the McRae family decided that it might be possible to utilise the profile of Colin’s name and achievements to raise funds for charitable and worthwhile causes.

The donations received at the time, into the hastily set-up Jerviswood Trust, led to investigations being made into setting up a more permanent vehicle under which monies could be raised and distributed to deserving causes.

A Deed of Trust was established in the name of ‘The Colin McRae Vision’ and the application for Charitable Status duly submitted to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) in January 2008. After due consideration and due diligence to ensure that we met the ‘Charity test’ as laid out in Sections 7 and 8 of the Charity and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 it was granted Charitable Status and entered on the Scottish Charity register in April 2008 with the Charity Number: SC039506.

 

Aims and Objectives

1) Charitable Purposes

In terms of the approved causes set out in the Charities and Investments (Scotland) Act 2005, the following are the main areas in which ‘The Colin McRae Vision’ seeks to operate:

• The advancement of education
• The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
• The advancement of public participation in sport
• 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
• Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.

2) Delivery

This will take place through the following initial strategies:

• Supporting causes and running initiatives, particularly for the benefit of underprivileged children, that the Trustees shall think fit.
• Education of young participants involved in motor sport, in particular in relation to the advancement of their motor skills and safety awareness
• Encouraging and facilitating young people in Scotland to participate in motorsport and to develop their talent
• Promotion and preservation of the Scottish heritage in motor sporting success, in particular through joint ventures with the Scottish Museum of Transport

Project Updates and Disbursements of Funds

News of the development of the various initiatives now underway in the name of ‘The Colin McRae Vision’ along with the first disbursements will be posted here shortly.