Hertfordshire Community Nurses Charity

The objects of the CIO are:The relief of sickness and the preservation of health among people residing permanently or temporarily in Hertfordshire or elsewhere in the United Kingdom, including by any of the following means:(1) To provide and make grants and other financial provision for the training and general welfare of community nurses, (including nurses in general practice, hospice nurses working in the community and students intending to practice community nursing) ("Community Nurses"), including those who are being, or intend to be, or have at any time been employed or trained in the County of Hertfordshire (“Hertfordshire Nurses”).(2) To provide and make grants or pay pensions to Community Nurses and Hertfordshire Nurses who are in need and have retired from active work to the intent that such grants or pensions may be additional to any grants or pensions from any other source.(3) To provide and make grants for improved facilities and conditions of work for Community Nurses and Hertfordshire Nurses.(4) To make grants to enable any form of treatment or care in convalescence to be provided for Community Nurses and Hertfordshire Nurses.(5) To provide and make grants to enable the provision of any medical, surgical, pharmaceutical and remedial appliances as may from time to time be required for the purposes aforesaid.(6) To provide and make grants to bodies or persons to enable them to engage in, or to enable them to propose to engage in, any form of research, the object of which is the discovery of new methods of prevention, cure or treatment to safeguard and improve the health of the public.(7) To provide and make grants to the Queen's Nursing Institute.(8) To provide and make grants towards the purchase, erection, establishment, maintenance or management of any housing accommodation established for the benefit of Community Nurses and Hertfordshire Nurses.(9) To provide and make grants to other Charitable Trusts or Institutions, the objects of which are similar to the main objects of the CIO.(10) To manage any housing accommodation established for the benefit of Community Nurses and Hertfordshire Nurses.(11) To raise further funds for the purpose of carrying out the objects of the CIO.