Governing document UMMAH HELP
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/09/2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/06/2011 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14/06/2011 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/10/2015
Charitable objects
TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW) IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING MEANS: (A)TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF WAR, POVERTY, NATURAL DISASTER, RELIGIOUS AND/OR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS SEE FIT INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF MONEY (OR OTHER MEANS DEEMED SUITABLE TO RELIEVE THEIR NEEDS) TO PERSONS, BODIES, ORGANISATIONS AND/OR AFFECTED COUNTRIES (INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AID); (B)TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM; (C)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, UNDERTAKING RESEARCH (AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC), BY UNDERTAKING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK, THROUGH LECTURES, CONFERENCES, THE PUBLICATION OF LITERATURE, THROUGH BROADCASTING AND BY ESTABLISHING PROJECTS AND WORKING WITH INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHO FURTHER SOME OR ALL OF THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY; (D)TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND IN PARTICULAR TO RELIEVE THOSE MUSLIMS IN FINANCIAL NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (E)TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: • MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS; • OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; • RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; • RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; • PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS; • CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW; • COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION; • RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; • PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; • PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; • INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS; • ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE DIRECTORS SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS. (F)TO PROMOTE RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING UNITY AND TOLERANCE; AND (G)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY MEMBERS FROM MUSLIM COMMUNITIES) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.
Area of benefit
WORLDWIDE
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