Governing document CORD BLOOD CHARITY

Charity number: 1069518
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DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 16 FEBRUARY 1998 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED OF AMENDMENT DATED 29 APRIL 1998

Charitable objects

1) THE RELIEF OF THE SICK AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND IN PARTICULAR (A) TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS OF CYROPRESERVED CORD BLOOD UNITS HELD AT THE LONDON CORD BLOOD BANK ("THE CENTRE") AND TO SUSTAIN THE UNITS AT SUCH A LEVEL AS WILL MEET THE DEMAND FOR TRANSPLANTATION TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WITH ACQUIRED OR GENETIC HAEMATOLOGICAL AND/OR IMMUNOLOGICAL DISEASE (B) TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTRE IN SUCH MANNER AND SUBJECT TO SUCH CONDITIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT AND TO ENABLE SICK CHILDREN AND ADULTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO BENEFIT FROM THE FACILITIES OF THE CENTRE AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING: (I) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF CORD BLOOD BANKING TO PROFESSIONAL, PATIENT AND LAY PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; (II) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION; (III) TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE ALL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH: - CORD BLOOD BANKING; - CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION FOR HAEMATOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL DISEASE WHETHER ACQUIRED OR GENETIC; - THE APPLICATION OF GENE THERAPY USING CORD OR OTHER FOETAL HAEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITORS; (IV) TO PROMOTE CLINICAL AND SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION BETWEEN TRANSPLANT CENTRES IN THE UK AND ABROAD AND THE CENTRE; AND (V) TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC AND OPERATIONAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN CORD BANKS IN THE UK AND ABROAD. 2) IN ADDITION THE PRIMARY OBJECT EXPRESSED ABOVE THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THEY SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE TO SUPPORT.

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