Groundwork Greater Manchester

1.1. To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment in the Metropolitan Boroughs of Bolton, Bury Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford; the Unitary Borough of Blackburn with Darwen and the Districts of Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Rossendale and Ribble Valley and such other areas as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine from time to time (“the area of benefit”);1.2. To provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for those living in or working in or resorting to the area of benefit;1.3. To advance public education in environmental matters and of the ways of better conserving, protecting and improving the same wheresoever;1.4. To promote urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation within the area of benefit by all or any of the following means:1.4.1. the relief of poverty in such ways as may be thought fit;1.4.2. the relief of unemployment in such ways as may be thought fit including assistance to find employment;1.4.3. the advancement of education, training or re-training particularly amongst unemployed people and providing unemployed people with work experience;1.4.4. the provision of financial assistance, technical assistance, business advice or consultancy in order to provide training and employment opportunities for unemployed people in cases of financial or other charitable need through help:1.4.4.1. in setting up their own businesses; or1.4.4.2. to existing businesses;1.4.5. the creation of training and employment opportunities by the provision of work space, buildings and / or land for use on favourable terms;1.4.6. the provision of housing for those who are in conditions of need and the improvement of housing in the public sector or in charitable ownership provided that such power shall not extend to relieving any local authority or other bodies of a statutory duty to provide or improve housing;1.4.7. the maintenance, improvement or provision of public amenities;1.4.8. the preservation of buildings or sites of historic or architectural importance;1.4.9. the provision or assistance in the provision of recreational facilities for the public at large and / or those who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances, have need of such facilities;1.4.10. the protection or conservation of the environment, and the promotion and maintenance of sustainable community based projects;1.4.11. the provision of public health facilities and childcare;1.4.12. the promotion of public safety and prevention of crime;1.4.13. such other means as may from time to time be determined subject to the prior written consent of the Commission;1.5. To promote sustainable development within the area of benefit by:1.5.1. the preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources;1.5.2. the relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially disadvantaged communities;1.5.3. the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration;1.6. To advance the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment and to promote study and research in such subjects provided that the useful results of such study are disseminated to the public at largeSustainable development in this Article and in Article 1.5 above means “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.