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TO DEVELOP THE LOCAL COMMUNITY'S SKILLS, SELF-CONFIDENCE AND CAPACITY, AND IN PARTICULAR PEOPLE DISADVANTAGED SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY, WHO LIVE IN THE HITHER GREEN AND LEE GREEN AREAS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM. THAT WILL BE DONE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.
THE CHARITY WILL CARRY OUT ITS OBJECTS BY FOCUSING ON THE GEOGRAPHIC COMMUNITY OF HITHER GREEN AND LEE GREEN IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM, AN AREA WHICH SUFFER FROM THE DISADVANTAGE OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION. THE CHARITY WILL USE FROM TIME TO TIME THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INDICES OF DEPRIVATION (FOR EXAMPLE, THE INDICES OF DEPRIVATION 200) TO MEASURE THIS DISADVANTAGE IN THE GEOGRAPHIC COMMUNITY OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM.
THE CHARITY WILL DEVELOP THE SKILLS AND CAPACITY OF MEMBERS BY ENCOURAGING GENERAL ACTIVITIES IN MUTUAL VOLUNTEERING, BEFRIENDING AND SOCIAL EVENTS, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES IN EDUCATION (THE PROMOTION OF CITIZENSHIP IN LOCAL SCHOOLS), THE ARTS, WRITING, COMPUTER USE, COOKERY, SEWING, HORTICULTURE, EXERCISE AND A GENERALLY HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
THE CHARITY WILL ACHIEVE ITS OBJECTS THROUGH THE EMPLOYMENT OF A MECHANISM THAT USED TIME AS CURRENCY. ONE HOUR WILL BE EQUAL TO ONE TIME CREDIT. THE BROKER WILL WORK IN THE COMMUNITY TO STIMULATE ACTIVITIES AND, USING A "TIME ON LINE" DATABASE, WILL RECORD ALL EXCHANGES OF TIME. THE CHARITY CAN MAKE A LOAN OF TIME CREDITS TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO DO NOT HAVE TIME CREDITS AND CAN TAKE TIME CREDITS IN THE FORM OF DONATIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE A SURPLUS OF TIME CREDITS.
