Governing document CHOCOLATE & CO
Governing document
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CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Aug 2024
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN YORK 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, BY PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING, MENTORING AND OTHER NECESSARY SUPPORT (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FOOD, ESSENTIALS ITEMS, COUNSELLING AND SIGNPOSTING SERVICES), DESIGNED TO ENABLE THEM TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES NEEDED TO SECURE AND RETAIN LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT IN ORDER TO BECOME MORE INTEGRATED INTO THEIR COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY AT LARGE. 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).
Area of benefit
LOCAL
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