African Centre for Development and Research

OBJECTS OF ASSOCIATION(1) TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED (INCLUDING THOSE IN FINANCIAL NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS), TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR THAT OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS, MIGRANTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND SUCH OTHERS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME (INCLUDING FORMER OFFENDERS, RECOVERING DRUG ADDICTS, ROUGH SLEEPERS AND OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE AND AFRICA.(2) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 YEARS BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING THEM IN LIFE AND HELPING THEM BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING (INCLUDING EDUCATION IN HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS), EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION);(C) RELIEVING THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT; AND(D) RELIEVING THEIR CHARITABLE NEEDS.(3) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO ARE MIGRANTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, AND SUCH OTHERS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME (INCLUDING FORMER OFFENDERS, RECOVERING DRUG ADDICTS, ROUGH SLEEPERS AND OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE AND AFRICA WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED (IN PARTICULAR, MEMBERS OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY AND MINORITY GROUPS).