Governing document MANCHESTER DISABLED PEOPLE'S ACCESS GROUP
Charity number: 1133526
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Governing document
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 JANUARY 2009
Charitable objects
3.1. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:
A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF DISABILITY
AND ALSO ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
AGE, FAITH OR CLASS
B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND
DIVERSITY;
C) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE
FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;
D) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND
DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;
E) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.
3.2 TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL
DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS
CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS), PARTICULARLY THE RIGHTS OF DISABLED
PEOPLE, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
MEANS:
= RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;
= COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;
. RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;
= PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;
= PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS
AND CORPORATIONS;
IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE
POWER:
TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED
THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO
AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT
THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.
Area of benefit
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