Governing document ARIVU TRUST UK
Governing document
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CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 09 Oct 2025
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CIO ARE 3.1 TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, SIGNPOSTING, AND ACCESS TO QUALIFIED SUPPORT SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING: DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION, SUICIDE-RELATED CHALLENGES, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, OR DISABILITIES, WITHIN THE TAMIL COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND, WHERE APPROPRIATE, TAMIL-SPEAKING POPULATIONS OVERSEAS, THROUGH AWARENESS PROGRAMMES, COUNSELLING, AND REFERRALS TO PROFESSIONAL OR VOLUNTEER-LED ASSISTANCE. 3.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROMOTING TAMIL LITERACY, LANGUAGE, AND CULTURAL EDUCATION, AND BY PROVIDING OR SUPPORTING: EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, AND SEMINARS (IN-PERSON AND ONLINE), SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN SOFT AND HARD SKILLS (INCLUDING COMMUNICATION, LEADERSHIP, DIGITAL, AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS), ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL EVENTS WHICH INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF TAMIL LITERATURE AND HERITAGE, DELIVERED BY APPROPRIATELY SKILLED AND EXPERIENCED INDIVIDUALS. 3.3. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, OR OTHER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE BY PROVIDING: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOLLOWING MEANS TESTING, GUIDANCE AND SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT SUPPORT AGENCIES, AND SOCIAL SERVICES, ADVICE, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. 3.4 TO ADVANCE TAMIL ARTS, CULTURE, AND HERITAGE BY ORGANISING PUBLIC TAMIL LITERARY, CULTURAL, AND ARTISTIC EVENTS SUCH AS KAMBAN VIZHA AND SIMILAR FESTIVALS. 3.5 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER: TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.