Governing document THE BRIGHTON TRUST
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
TRUST DEED DATED 20 JAN 2016
Charitable objects
1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE BY PROVIDING GRANTS FOR GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN THIS FIELD TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY. 2. TO RELIEVE POVERTY [OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP] AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND OTHER FORMS OF SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, MIGRANT WORKERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN THIS FIELD. 3. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY MAKING GRANTS TO GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE: A. PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. B. PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS. C. WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION. D. ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY. E. CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY. 4. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROVIDE SMALL GRANTS FOR STUDENTS IN FURTHER OR HIGHER EDUCATION WHO ARE PARTICULARLY DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF POVERTY OR OTHER SOCIAL FACTORS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES. 5. TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY MAKING GRANTS TO GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN: • OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; • RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; • RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; • PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; • ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES OF THE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE GRANT AIDED SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS. 6. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY MAKING GRANTS TO GROUPS OR ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN THIS FIELD. IT IS ALSO ACCEPTABLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHARITIES TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL OBJECT OF ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WHERE APPROPRIATE. 7. TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) BY MAKING GRANTS TO GROUPS OR ORGANISATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME. THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR DISCRETION MAKE GRANTS TO GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE NOT BASED IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE, IN PARTICULAR GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE LOCATED IN EAST AND WEST SUSSEX BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY SO.
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