Charitable objects
3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM:
3.1.1 TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY AND RELATED SOCIAL ISSUES CAUSING HARDSHIP AND/OR DEPRIVATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY MAKING GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTING TO RESEARCH AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT;
3.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING POVERTY AND RELATED SOCIAL ISSUES, AND THE ROLE OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN ADDRESSING THEM, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY UNDERTAKING AND COMMISSIONING RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS;
3.1.3 TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARITABLE RESOURCES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO CHARITIES;
3.1.4 TO PROMOTE MENTAL OR MORAL IMPROVEMENT THROUGH ENCOURAGING CHARITABLE GIVING, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO PHILANTHROPISTS AND THE WIDER PUBLIC IN RELATION TO CHARITABLE GIVING;
3.1.5 TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ORGANISING EVENTS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND ITS WORK; AND
3.1.6 TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.
3.2 IN ARTICLE 3.1 "THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR" MEANS CHARITIES AND OTHER VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS:
3.2.1 CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
3.2.2 VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.
