Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established. It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 18 JAN 2016
AS AMENDED ON 01 DEC 2017
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE
THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN EASTBOURNE AND THE
SURROUNDING AREA BY:-
(A) IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PROMOTING AND STAGING AN ANNUAL LGBT FESTIVAL AND
EVENTS TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;
(B) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN PARTICULAR THROUGH CELEBRATING
THE DIVERSITY OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;
(C) UNITING THE LGBT COMMUNITY, TOGETHER WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, SO THEY CAN FEEL SAFE,
WELCOMED AND PROUD TO BE THEMSELVES AT EVENTS;
(D) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING GENERAL AWARENESS AMONG THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ISSUES AND
CHALLENGES FACING THE LIVES OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;
LGBT STANDS FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, AND REFERS TO SEXUAL
ORIENTATION AND GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT, BOTH PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS UNDER THE EQUALITY ACT
2010 (HTTP://WWW.HOMEOFFICE.GOV.UK/EQUALITIES/EQUALITY-ACT/).[NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE
PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES, WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT
(SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN
IRELAND) 2008.
