Governing document FORWARD ASSIST LIMITED
Governing document
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 AUG 2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/01/2013 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 NOV 2016
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF THEIR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH OR THEIR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE THE CHARITY WILL: ENSURE THAT ANY FORMER MEMBER OF HER MAJESTIES ARMED FORCES CAN ACCESS SPECIALIST INFORMATION ADVICE AND GUIDANCE AND HOLISTIC SUPPORT TO REDUCE THE PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL OR SOCIAL HARM EXPERIENCED BY INDIVIDUALS AS A RESULT OF MILITARY SERVICE AND THEIR ASSIMILATION BACK INTO THE CIVILIAN COMMUNITY. PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING EX SERVICE PERSONNEL FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. 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: 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). DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF EX SERVICE PERSONNEL BOTH [SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY] SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN UK IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.
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