Governing document MANCHESTER DISABLED PEOPLE'S ACCESS GROUP
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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
UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL
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