Governing document OUR FUTURE HEALTH
Governing document
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 SEP 2019 as amended on 09 Dec 2020 as amended on 22 Dec 2021
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PRESERVE AND ADVANCE HUMAN HEALTH AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BY ENGAGING IN, ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING: 2.1.1 INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE SEPARATE AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF GENETIC, ENVIRONMENTAL (INCLUDING LIFESTYLE, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES) AND OTHER FACTORS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE AND ON THE RISK, EARLY DETECTION AND CAUSATION OF DISEASES IN THE HUMAN POPULATION; 2.1.2 THE ESTABLISHMENT, HOLDING, OPERATION, MANAGEMENT, PROMOTION, SUPPORT, EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT AND SAFEGUARDING OF A COLLECTION OF BIOMEDICAL, BIOCHEMICAL, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, GENETIC AND OTHER DATA AND BLOOD AND OTHER BIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL SAMPLES OBTAINED AND DEVELOPED THROUGH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AND/OR IN CONNECTION WITH SOME OR ALL OF THE INVESTIGATIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2.1.1 AND PERTAINING TO A COHORT OF HUMAN PARTICIPANTS, FOR USE IN A RESEARCH, KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION RESOURCE; 2.1.3 THE DISCOVERY, INVENTION, IMPROVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF TREATMENTS, CURES, DIAGNOSTICS AND OTHER MEDICINAL AGENTS, METHODS AND PROCESSES THAT MAY IN ANY WAY RELIEVE ILLNESS, DISEASE, DISABILITY OR DISORDERS OF WHATEVER NATURE IN HUMANS; 2.1.4 RESEARCH INTO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCES AND OTHER DISCIPLINES WHICH MAYCONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE ('BIOSCIENCES'); AND 2.1.5 THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF ANY OF THE BIOSCIENCES. NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.
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