Governing document BROADENING HORIZONS
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CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01 DEC 2009
Charitable objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS (OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS) LIVING IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS: 1. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS HAVING NEED OF FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. 2. RELIEVING POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE TO THE SAID INHABITANTS IN NEED OF SUCH ADVICE, WHICH MAY INCLUDE WELFARE BENEFITS, HEALTH AND FITNESS. 3. THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AMONGST THE COMMUNITY. 4. THE PROMOTION OF 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 PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY. 5. ADVANCING EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF LANGUAGE AND OTHER CLASSES.
Area of benefit
LOCAL
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