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CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 01 APR 2022
AMENDED ON 21 SEP 2023
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE
3.1 THE TRUSTEES MAY SPEND THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY AS FOLLOWS:
3.1.1 THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL GRANTS AND GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS) AND WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE: (A) FORMER PUPILS OF THE STATIONERS’ COMPANY SCHOOL, THE FORMER SCHOOL OF THE CHARITY AND THE CURRENT AND FORMER PUPILS OF THE STATIONER’S CROWN WOODS ACADEMY, THE CURRENT SCHOOL OF THE CHARITY; (B) SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF LIVERYMEN AND FREEMEN OF THE COMPANY; (C) PERSONS ENGAGED IN OR INTENDING TO ENTER THE CONTENT AND COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY OR ANY OTHER OF THE TRADES WHICH ARE ACCEPTED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE COMPANY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADMISSION TO THE FREEDOM THEREOF BY REDEMPTION.
3.1.2 THE RELIEF EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE CONTENT AND COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY AND ALLIED TRADES OR IN THE DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES THEREOF AND THE DEPENDENTS OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS. PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO FREEMEN OF THE STATIONERS’ AND NEWSPAPERS MAKERS’ COMPANY, IN NEED WHO ARE NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE. IN THIS CLAUSE, “CONTENT AND COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY” SHALL MEAN: STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES; PRINTING AND PRINT MANAGEMENT; PUBLISHING IN ALL PAPER AND ONLINE FORMATS; PAPER MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY; PACKAGING; NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE AND BOOK MAKING; NEWS, MAGAZINE AND DATA JOURNALISM; SCRIPT WRITING; PERFORMANCE; BROADCAST, DIGITAL AND ONLINE MEDIA; DATA SCIENCE; ARCHIVES MANAGEMENT AND LIBRARY STUDIES.
NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.
