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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/04/2014 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 18/09/2014 AS AMENDED ON 18 MAY 2021 AS AMENDED ON 15 APR 2023
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS, ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:
THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, WITHIN BUT NOT LIMITED TO STOCKTON ON TEES AND SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY:
(A) WORKING WITH OTHERS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND IDENTIFIED EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS;
(B) ASSISTING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS TO BECOME MORE FULLY INTEGRATED INTO LOCAL COMMUNITIES;
(C) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND EVENTS FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY:
(D) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS; AND
(E) WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN PROVIDING RELEVANT SERVICES, FACILITIES AND INFORMATION TO REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.
2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF STOCKTON-ON-TEES AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHOUT DISTINCTIONS OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFECT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;
3. TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED ‘THE CENTRE’) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS; AND
4. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF SUCH VALUES HELD AND FOLLOWED BY THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SOCIAL AND MORAL VALUES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THOSE WITH ANY FAITH AND NONE.
Area of benefit
The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.
