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CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 08 Apr 2025
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY MEANS OF BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY: A. THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER REASSIGNMENT, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND/OR SEX CHARACTERISTICS BY AMPLIFYING MARGINALISED VOICES, RESPONDING TO CONSULTATIONS, REPORTS, STATEMENTS AND RUNNING EVENTS; B. ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN LGBTQIA+ EQUITY, EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION VIA IN PARTICULAR, DELIVERING LECTURES OR EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS AND FACILITATING TOPICAL CONVERSATIONS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON TOPICS OF LGBTQIA+ INCLUSION; C. PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS VIA SHARING LGBTQIA+ VOICES AND STORIES OF THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY SUCH AS, IN PARTICULAR, VIA OUR WEBSITE, PODCASTS, EVENTS, TOPICAL CONVERSATIONS, BLOGS AND ARTICLES; D. CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON LGBTQIA+ EQUITY, EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR SURVEYS; AND E. CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUITY, EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, ESPECIALLY WITHIN AND PERTAINING TO THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND CIVIL SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS, THE ACRONYM “LGBTQIA+” MEANS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, INTERSEX AND ASEXUAL. THE ADDITIONAL “+” STANDS FOR ALL OF THE OTHER IDENTITIES NOT ENCOMPASSED IN THE SHORT ACRONYM.
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