Governing document OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL UNITED KINGDOM
Charity Number: 1107713
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/01/2004
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/06/2008
AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/11/2014
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND PROMOTE EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD, AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THAT GENERALITY):
1. BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RE-TRAINING OF THE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT, AND
2. BY THE PROVISION TO POOR PERSONS OF ASSISTANCE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES, AND
3. THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY SUPPORT FOR APPROPRIATE SMALL BUSINESSES.
'APPROPRIATE' IN THIS CONTEXT SHALL MEAN SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED BY AND PRIMARILY EMPLOYING POOR PERSONS WHERE THERE IS OTHERWISE INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT TO RELIEVE THEIR POVERTY AND WHERE ANY SUCH BUSINESS IS IN DANGER OF FAILURE WITHOUT SUCH TEMPORARY SUPPORT, BUT IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WITH SUCH SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNED SHALL IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES HAVE GOOD PROSPECTS OF RECOVERY AND VIABILITY.
Area of benefit
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