COMMUNITY INITIATIVE (BISHOPS STORTFORD)

Registered charity 1109106 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Initiative runs or supports a wide variety of inclusive community based health & wellness projects in and around Hertfordshire & Essex. We serve all ages, backgrounds and abilities

Objects

(A) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN BISHOPS STORTFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD.(C) TO MEET TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.(D) TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN BISHOPS STORTFORD AFORESAID AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUST

Area of benefit: BISHOP STORTFORD, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WORLDWIDE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Uttlesford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniella Bavetta
• Jacqueline Smith
• Pamela Hibberd · trustee of 1 other charity

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Operates in: Essex · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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