SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL KERNOW CIO

Registered charity 1213449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KERNOW SOROPTIMISTS

Our principal aim is to benefit women and girls, enabling them to improve their lives and reach their potential, locally, regionally and internationally. To do this, we participate in campaigns, organise and run events, lobby politicians, collate data, make donations, communicate with other groups and charities, take part in training and volunteer at events organised to empower women and girls.

Objects

3.1 TO PROMOTE EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT OF OTHERS INCLUDING CLUB MEMBERS:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAVING LIVES;(C) THE RELIEF AND/OR PREVENTION OF POVERTY;(D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT;(E) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS;(I) RELIEVING NEED AMONG VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;(II) RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS REDRESS E.G. MODERN DAY SLAVERY;(III) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE, RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, AND PROMOTING SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;(IV) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.3.2 TO PROMOTE VOLUNTEERING IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS SET OUT IN 3.1 AMONGST INDIVIDUAL CLUB MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.IN EACH CASE (3.1 AND 3.2 ABOVE) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ACROSS THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF WOMEN AND GIRLS TO ADVANCE THEIR STATUS, POSITION AND ROLE IN SOCIETY WHERE CURRENTLY UNEQUAL OR DISADVANTAGED (“THE OBJECTS”).

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Jennifer Walkerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Palmer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gillian Barnard
• Zillah Zaufal

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cornwall

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