Cymru Older People's Alliance

1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN WALES WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR OLD AGE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:A) ORGANISING MEMBER NETWORK GROUPS WITHIN LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS THAT ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE OLDER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY;B) INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR OLDER PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF OLDER PEOPLE AND DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING GOOD PRACTICE AND;C) PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE, REPRESENTATIVE AND INDEPENDENT ADVOCATE FOR OLDER PEOPLE’S VIEWS AND TO INFLUENCE POLICY AND PRACTICE CONCERNING OLDER PEOPLE AT A LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL WHICH MAY INCLUDE UNDERTAKING POLITICAL ACTIVITIES PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED POLITICAL ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE POLITICAL ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS2. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN WALES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF AGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;B) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;C) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;D) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY THE USE OF PUBLICATIONS, SCHEMES FOR BUSINESSES, CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OLDER PEOPLE AS AMBASSADORS PROMOTING POSITIVE IMAGES AND PUBLIC ADVOCACY.