Governing document UNITED COMMUNITY ACTION
Governing document
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CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27/07/2007 AS AMENDED ON 30/10/2011
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘THE OBJECTS’), BEING PRIMARILY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC LIVING IN THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND AND THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND (THE BENEFICIARIES) ARE: 1. THE RELIEF OF NEED AMONGST THE BENEFICIARIES, BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT 2. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE 3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF LANGUAGE CLASSES 4. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: (A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; (B) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS; (C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND PROMOTING AWARENESS OF DIFFERENT CULTURES 5. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROVIDING: A) EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND IN VOCATIONAL SKILLS; B) SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
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