Governing document KIRKBY LONSDALE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD CIO
Governing document
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CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Feb 2024
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN KIRKBY LONSDALE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING COMMUNITY LUNCHES AND OPERATING A FOOD BANK TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES AND RELATED SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A FINANCIAL NEED. 2. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD MENTAL HEALTH IN KIRKBY LONSDALE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH RELATED EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND GUIDANCE. 3. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN KIRKBY LONSDALE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA 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 PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).
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