About Us

On the 9th of February 2000, the Court of Session granted a petition amalgamating the Scottish Mining Disaster Relief Fund into the Scottish Coal Industry Special Welfare Fund.

The revised purposes of the Scottish Coal Industry Special Welfare Fund are:-

To improve the conditions of life of persons who are or have been employed in Scotland in the mining industry or its ancillary undertakings, their families or dependants, who have need of the facilities provided by the Fund by reason of youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty, or social or economic purposes, for the purpose of improving their conditions of life. Without prejudice to foregoing generality the methods used to achieve these objects may include any or all of:

the organisation and provision of outdoor and indoor recreational facilities including sports, games, pastimes, arts and crafts, holidays, excursions, outings and entertainment’s;

the provision and maintenance of convalescent accommodation and aid in the rehabilitation of the disabled;

the provision of comforts for the aged, sick, infirm and disabled;

the promotion and maintenance of youth clubs and youth courses;

co-operation with individual miners’ welfare schemes and other centres in predominantly mining communities in promoting activities of the foregoing kinds within or including their own districts;

the relief of distress occasioned by any accident occurring in the coal mining industry in Scotland involving the loss of life or serious or permanent injury to any person employed in the said industry and the relief of distress shall include the making of provision for or towards maintenance, education and training of the dependants of any persons losing their lives or sustaining serious or permanent injury in any such accident as aforesaid.