Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONGST BAME (BLACK, ASIAN, AND MINORITY ETHNIC) INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM DIABETES AND WHO ARE ALSO MULTIMORBID OR ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING MULTIMORBID, THROUGH:
• THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT GROUPS AND SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES, SERVICES, ADVICE AND INFORMATION AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT WITH THE AIM OF FACILITATING THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE OF SUCH PERSONS;
• THE UNDERTAKING AND FUNDING OF RESEARCH INTO MULTIMORBIDITY, INCLUDING RESEARCH IN HOW TO DETECT MULTIMORBIDITY, AND RESEARCH INTO TREATMENTS OR INTERVENTIONS FOR MULTIMORBIDITY, THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED TOOLS TO SUPPORT RESEARCH, OR HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF, DETECT, AND/OR PREVENT MULTIMORBIDITY IN BAME PATIENTS.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE MULTIMORBID IS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
THE CO-EXISTENCE OF TWO OR MORE CHRONIC CONDITIONS, EACH ONE OF WHICH IS EITHER:
• A PHYSICAL NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE OF LONG DURATION, SUCH AS A CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE OR CANCER.
• A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION OF LONG DURATION, SUCH AS A MOOD DISORDER OR DEMENTIA.
• AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE OF LONG DURATION, SUCH AS HIV OR HEPATITIS C.
