Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established. It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/08/2014
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/03/2015 as amended on 02 Aug 2022
Charitable objects
The preservation and protection of health, and the relief of poverty, by advancing social interventions, for individuals primarily in North Cumbria and North East England with health conditions, in particular but not exclusively by:
- Developing and testing social interventions, and working with other sectors to do this;
- Providing information and prescribing social interventions to individuals to improve public health;
- Advancing the education of general public, medical practitioners and others in relation to social prescribing and other social interventions; and
- Such other exclusively charitable purpose(s) as the Trustees may from time to time determine in accordance with the law of charity
For the purpose of this article ‘social interventions’ means non-medical interventions to achieve sustained healthy behaviour change and improved self-care. Social prescribing supplements the support a patient gets from their healthcare professional. A doctor or healthcare professional can prescribe an intervention, as they would medicine. Typically, the interventions include physical activity, health eating/cooking, social interaction and support with positive relationships.
