Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:
1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION, BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, BY SUPPORTING THE GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SECTOR PRIMARILY IN RURAL AREAS TO ASSIST THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:
A. PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF ADVISORY AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES,
B. MANAGING PROJECTS INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SECTOR, AND
C. CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICY CONCERNING THOSE ORGANISATIONS.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: BEING RESIDENT IN A RURAL LOCALITY WHICH LACKS, OR HAS RESTRICTED ACCESS TO, ADEQUATE FACILITIES AND AMENITIES OR WHICH HAS REDUCED OR LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT OR CAREER PROSPECTS; UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).
2. THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF RURAL POVERTY, BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, BY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SECTOR DIRECTED TO THAT AIM, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:
A. PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF ADVISORY AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES,
B. MANAGING PROJECTS INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SECTOR, AND
C. CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICY CONCERNING THOSE ORGANISATIONS.
3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN MATTERS RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SECTOR AND THEIR POTENTIAL TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT POVERTY AND TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION PRIMARILY IN RURAL AREAS, BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
IN THESE OBJECTS THE TERM ‘COMMUNITY BUSINESS SECTOR’ MEANS CO-OPERATIVES, SOCIAL ENTERPRISES, COMMUNITY BENEFIT SOCIETIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS (ALL BEING A TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT TRADES PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY BENEFIT, AND WHICH IS DEMOCRATICALLY OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY).
