Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established. It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 JUNE 2006 AS AMEND 8 MARCH 2008
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/06/2006
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/11/2014
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") ARE:
(A) TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF THE LATVIAN WELFARE FUND AS IT IS ESTABLISHED IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE BENEFIT OF MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF LATVIAN
NATIONALITY AND THEIR DESCENDANTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM AND LATVIA ("LATVIAN PEOPLE") TO THE EXTENT (ONLY) THAT SUCH
WORK IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND IN FORCE FROM
TIME TO TIME AND IN PARTICULAR:
(I) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND POOR HEALTH AMONGST LATVIAN
PEOPLE;
(II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE COUNTRY OF LATVIA AND
ITS PEOPLE, PAST AND PRESENT;
(III) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF LATVIAN PEOPLE IN LATVIA AND IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM;
(IV) TO CONSERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL PEOPLES EVERYWHERE ANCIENT AND
MODERN BUILDINGS, MONUMENTS, ARCHIVES AND WORKS OF ART WHICH ARE OF
HISTORICAL OR CULTURAL IMPORTANCE TO LATVIA AND LATVIAN PEOPLE AND
WHICH IT IS DESIRABLE TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; ARID
(V) TO ORGANISE AND PROMOTE SOCIAL EVENTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE
BENEFIT OF LATVIAN PEOPLE WHO HAVE A NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON
OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND HARDSHIP CAUSED BY SOCIAL
OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THENCONDITIONS
OF LIFE.
Area of benefit
The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.
