Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:
1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE IN SOUTHWARK AND SURROUNDING AREAS FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR AGE, DISABILITY, GENDER, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, IN PARTICULAR, OLDER WOMEN.
2. TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST ELDERLY PERSONS IN SOUTHWARK AND SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY ARE HOUSEBOUND OR ARE UNABLE TO EASILY DRIVE OR ACCESS PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
3. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE LEARNING FOR PLEASURE BY PEOPLE NO LONGER IN FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT THROUGH THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL COMPETENCIES, SKILLS, AND UNDERSTANDING IN SUBJECTS OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE.
IN PARTICULAR, BY:
-PROVIDING A KNITTING AND CROCHETING GROUP THAT ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE OLDER POPULATION WHO ARE WOMEN, TO INTERACT SOCIALLY IN ORDER TO REDUCE SOCIAL ISOLATION AND PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY:
-PROVIDING A TRANSPORT SERVICE TO AND FROM THE KNITTING GROUP:
- ENABLING OLDER PEOPLE TO ACCESS AND USE THE INTERNET TO DOWNLOAD AND UPLOAD PATTERNS:
-RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING OLDER ISOLATED WOMEN BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION.
