Governing document POHWER
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/08/1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/09/2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/09/2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/10/2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/11/2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/08/2011 AS AMENDED ON 03 AUG 2015 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22 NOV 2018 as amended on 01 Dec 2019 as amended on 26 Oct 2022 as amended on 26 Oct 2022
Charitable objects
4. Objects 4.1 The Charity’s Objects are, for the public benefit in the United Kingdom: (a) To relieve people in need; (b) To promote social inclusion by preventing people from becoming socially excluded and relieving the needs of those who are social excluded; and (c) To promote human rights by raising awareness of human rights, in particular but without limitation by providing advocacy, information, advice and guidance. 4.2 In these Objects, “social excluded” means being excluded from society or parts of society because of one or more of the following factors: youth or old age, ill health (physical or mental), disability, requiring care, substance abuse or dependency; financial hardship, discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment, poor educational or skill attainment or relationship or family breakdown; and “human rights” is as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations.” Nothing in the Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
Area of benefit
NATIONAL
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