Governing document MIGRATION POLICY AND PRACTICE
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 28 Nov 2022
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE VOLUNTARY MIGRANT SUPPORT SECTOR IN BIRMINGHAM AND THE BLACK COUNTRY BY: 1. SUPPORTING COORDINATION, COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN ORGANISATIONS WORKING WITH MIGRANTS WITHIN THE WEST MIDLANDS REGION AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UK; 2. SYSTEMATICALLY COLLATING EVIDENCE OF NEED AND BEST PRACTICE IN THE WEST MIDLANDS REGION AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UK TO IMPROVE SERVICES TO, AND THE INTEGRATION OF, MIGRANTS; 3. FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COLLECTIVE VOICE TO RAISE AWARENESS AMONG POLICYMAKERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. ‘THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR’ MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS. • CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES. • VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE MIGRANTS MEANS ASYLUM SEEKERS, PEOPLE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS, UNACCOMPANIED ASYLUM SEEKER CHILDREN, MIGRANTS WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED AND PEOPLE WHO ARE ECONOMIC MIGRANTS AND AT RISK.