Governing document BETHLEHEM CARE AND HOSPICE TRUST
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
TRUST DEED DATED 29/08/2014 as amended on 26 Jun 2018
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN ACCOMMODATION / FACILITIES FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) IN BETHLEHEM OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE DIOCESE OF THE LATIN PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT UNDERTAKEN WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS:- 1)THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; 2)TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, AND 3)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE 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 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: WIDOWHOOD, UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, POOR EDUCATION OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS).
Area of benefit
IN BETHLEHEM OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE DIOCESE OF THE LATIN PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM
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