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Charity number: 1117988
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 SEPTEMBER 2006 AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS DATED 30 MARCH 2007 AND 17 MARCH 2008. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 SEP 2016 as amended on 01 Apr 2019 as amended on 28 Apr 2021 as amended on 30 Apr 2021 as amended on 21 Oct 2021 as amended on 16 Feb 2022

Charitable objects

2. Objects The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit and particularly, but not exclusively, by working with persons suffering from alcoholism, addiction, offenders, ex-offenders, those at risk of offending, and marginalised groups in society: 2.1 to relieve poverty, sickness and distress amongst: 2.1.1 persons suffering from the effects of alcoholism, drug addiction or other forms of addiction or dependence to substances; 2.1.2 persons engaged in substance misuse; 2.1.3 persons suffering from other compulsive disorders and related mental illnesses; and 2.1.4 the families and dependants of such persons; including but not limited to by the provision of treatment, advice, support, information and counselling to such persons, and to assist in the rehabilitation and recovery of such persons; 2.2 to promote the health of such persons through the provision of medical or psycho-social interventions or other treatment; 2.3 to advance the education: 2.3.1 and training of any person in the care or treatment of such persons working in the field of alcoholism, drug addiction or other forms of addiction or dependence to substances, substance misuse, other compulsive disorders and related mental illnesses; and 2.3.2 of the public in all aspects of addiction problems, including alcohol and substance abuse; 2.4 to promote research into addiction, substance misuse, compulsive disorders and related mental illness, including their natures and causes, and physical, psychological and social consequences and methods of treatment, and into the care and treatment of persons who are suffering from the effects of alcoholism, drug addiction or other forms of addiction or dependence to substances, persons engaged in substance misuse, and persons suffering from other compulsive disorders and related mental illnesses and to disseminate all useful results of such research to the public; 2.5 to prevent addiction, substance misuse, compulsive disorders and related mental illness and provide for the after care of those recovering (or who have recovered) from them; 2.6 to promote the care, resettlement and rehabilitation of offenders, ex-offenders and those at risk of offending, and to support their families and dependants, in particular (but without limitation) by providing, promoting, supporting or organising the recruitment, employment, education and training of offenders, ex-offenders and those at risk of offending and to assist them in finding employment or self employment and accommodation and in rehabilitating themselves; 2.7 to promote the prevention of crime and social exclusion by supporting or carrying on either alone or in co-operation with any other body, authority or person any project of scheme and by providing money for such purposes whether by loan or otherwise; 2.8 to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the general public; 2.9 to provide or assist in the provision of spiritual help and guidance for the beneficiaries identified in Articles 2.1.1 to 2.1.4 above.

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