Governing document WOMEN'S BREAKOUT
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/01/2013 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/06/2015
Charitable objects
3. OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY 3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE "OBJECTS") ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING WOMEN FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF WOMEN WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, INCLUDING THROUGH SUPPORTING VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY SECTOR ORGANISATIONS, WHICH DIVERT WOMEN FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH THE PROVISION OF WOMEN ONLY, WOMEN CENTRED, HOLISTIC, COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES. 3.2 "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). 3.3 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE ARTICLES, WOMEN ONLY SERVICES ARE SERVICES WHICH BENEFIT VULNERABLE WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND WHERE MOST PROVISION IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN.
Area of benefit
ENGLAND AND WALES
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