Governing document OPEN HOUSE SHAFTESBURY
Governing document
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CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Jul 2019
Charitable objects
THE CIO IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SHAFTESBURY, GILLINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES, TO BE DEFINED AS THE AREA COVERED BY THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHES WITHIN THE SHAFTESBURY TEAM MINISTRY, THE BENEFICE OF GILLINGHAM AND MILTON ON STOUR, THE ST BARTHOLOMEW BENEFICE AND THE PARISH OF FONTMELL MAGNA ("THE SPECIFIED AREA"). SUCH ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS: (1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION. (2) TO PROMOTE 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
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