Register of Charities - The Charity Commission CANCER RESEARCH WALES

Charity number: 1167290-1
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Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27/05/1966 AS AMENDED ON 25/05/1976 AS AMENDED ON 15/12/1987 AS AMENDED ON 24/09/1991 AS AMENDED ON 06/09/2000 AS AMENDED ON 13/12/2000 AS AMENDED ON 11/09/2002 AS AMENDED ON 24/09/2003 AS AMENDED ON 13/03/2013 AS AMENDED ON 08 SEP 2016
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE AND SUPPORT FACILITIES FOR CANCER RESEARCH, BY PROVIDING FUNDING AND SUPPORT FOR EXTERNALLY REVIEWED, HIGH QUALITY CANCER RESEARCH WITHIN WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PATIENTS IN WALES AND BEYOND BY: (1) FUNDING CANCER RESEARCH PROPOSALS PREPARED BY SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATORS ASSOCIATED WITH RESEARCH UNITS SITED WITHIN WALES AND LINKED TO: (I) UNIVERSITIES, NHS AND OTHER ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS (II) RADIOTHERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY (CLINICAL ONCOLOGY) SERVICES BASED WITH THE VELINDRE NHS TRUST (OR ANY SUCCESSOR THEREAFTER) (III) ONCOLOGY RESEARCH FACILITIES (2) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A RESEARCH LABORATORY AND LIBRARY/INFORMATION SERVICE WITH COMPUTER AND INTERNET FACILITIES FOR THE MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC MEMBERS OF THE ONCOLOGY UNITS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND CHARITIES INVOLVED IN ADVANCEMENT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CANCER AND ITS TREATMENT (3) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING CLOSE LINKS WITH OTHER SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN CANCER RESEARCH OR CLOSELY RELATED SUBJECTS, THE OUTCOME OF WHICH WILL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO ACHIEVING THE KNOWLEDGE OF CANCER AND POSSIBLE LEAD TO NEW DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT TECHNIQUES FOR CANCER.
Area of benefit
WALES
Registration history
  • 05 September 1966: Standard registration
Other names
  • THE SOUTH WALES AND GWENT CANCER RESEARCH COUNCIL (Previous name)
  • THE SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH COUNCIL (Previous name)
  • THE SOUTH WALES CANCER RESEARCH COUNCIL (Previous name)
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