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DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 15 MARCH 1999 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 13 JANUARY 2005
Charitable objects
(A) TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN YORK CEMETERY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS A CEMETERY FOR DECENT BURIAL OF THE DEAD AND PROPER MAINTENANCE OF ITS GRAVES MONUMENTS BUILDINGS GROUNDS AND LANDSCAPE
(B) TO DEVELOP CONSERVE AND MANAGE THE LANDSCAPE PLANTS AND NATURAL LIFE IN YORK CEMETERY FOR RECREATION AND PLEASURE OF THE PUBLIC IN EXPLORATION OF THE NATURAL LIFE IN THE CEMETERY
(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY MAKING AVAILABLE MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF THE LIVES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THOSE BURIED IN YORK CEMETERY AND THEIR MONUMENTS BY COLLECTING STORING AND MAKING AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON THE GENEALOGIES CONDITIONS AND LIFE-STYLES OF THE INHABITANTS OF YORK AND RELATED AREAS THROUGH THE AGES BY ESTABLISHING AND MANAGING A MUSEUM AND DISPLAY MATERIAL TO DEMONSTRATE ISSUES RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF YORK CEMETERY AND THOSE BURIED IN IT AND BY PREPARING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR SCHOOLS COLLEGES UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER BODIES WHO WISH TO VISIT THE CEMETERY IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR PROGRAMMES COURSES AND SYLLABUSES
(D) TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER LAWFUL THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM
Area of benefit
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