Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:
TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC OF PATIENTS AND THEIR
FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCER LIVING IN SURREY, WEST SUSSEX, EAST
HAMPSHIRE, SOUTH MIDDLESEX AND ARE UNDER THE CARE OF THE ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL HEAD AND
NECK TUMOUR GROUP BY:-
1. PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF SUPPORT WHICH IS NOT PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. THE
CHARITY WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN THIS FIELD. THE
SERVICES THAT THE CHARITY DELIVERS AIM TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH BOTH PRACTICAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT THAT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO MAXIMISE THEIR POTENTIAL AND MINIMISE THE IMPACT OF THIS TYPE OF
CANCER ON THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE;
2. PROVIDING ACTUAL AND VIRTUAL FORUMS WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEARN FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE
UNDERGONE SIMILAR LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCES;
3. REDUCING THE IMPACT OF ISOLATION BY ORGANISING SOCIAL EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN SOCIALISE WITHOUT
THE NEED TO EXPLAIN THEIR COMMUNICATION, EATING AND DRINKING DIFFICULTIES;
4. ASSISTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND AND ADAPT TO CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE, CONFIDENCE AND LOW MOOD
OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE TREATMENT WORKING CLOSELY WITH ALL LOCAL AND NATIONAL STATUTORY AND NON-STATUTORY
AGENCIES AND ORGANISATIONS IN ORDER TO HELP PEOPLE ADJUST AND LEAD FULFILLING LIVES;
5. PROMOTING AND INCREASING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACT THAT THE DIAGNOSIS AND
TREATMENT FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER HAS ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND CARERS;
6. PROVIDING MENTORING AND REGULAR DROP IN SERVICES AT A VARIETY OF SETTINGS AND LOCATIONS FOR
PATIENTS AND FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO HAVE FINISHED MEDICAL TREATMENT;
7. PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR PARTNERS, CAREGIVERS AND FAMILIES;
8. USING A VARIETY OF METHODS TO FUNDRAISE TO SUPPORT BOTH ITS WORK AND TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT THAT
WOULD NOT BE ROUTINELY PURCHASED BY THE NHS BY A RANGE OF METHODS INCLUDING VOLUNTARY DONATIONS,
SPECIFIC INITIATIVES AND SPONSORSHIP;
9. CONTINUALLY ADAPTING TO THE NEEDS OF THE TARGET GROUP BY ENSURING THAT IT IS PROVIDING APPROPRIATE
AND ACCESSIBLE SERVICES AND WILL REVIEW ITS WORK ON A REGULAR BASIS BY USING A VARIETY OF METHODS
INCLUDING QUESTIONNAIRES AND FOCUS GROUPS;
10. USING A RANGE OF METHODS TO COMMUNICATE WITH ITS MEMBERS AND WIDER PUBLIC;
11. PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP BY OFFERING VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES WHERE
APPROPRIATE;
12. PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY WITHIN THE CHARITY. TO ACT AS ADVOCATES WORKING TO REDUCE
POTENTIAL DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENTS, RACE, RELIGION, ETHNICITY,
SEXUAL ORIENTATION, POLITICAL VIEWS OR FINANCIAL STATUS;
13. SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, CURE AND REHABILITATION OF THOSE REQUIRING
TREATMENT FOR HEAD AND NECK CANCER WHERE IT IS SHOWN TO BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND TO PUBLISH ALL
OF THE USEFUL RESULTS INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN;
14. LIAISING WITH SIMILAR GROUPS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY TO FURTHER THE AIMS LISTED ABOVE; AND
15. SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM APPROPRIATE.
NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE
PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE
INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].
