The Cohesion and Integration Network

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY:I) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;II) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;III) PROMOTING COHESION AND INTEGRATION, AND FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING WITHIN AND BETWEEN COMMUNITIES;IV) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;V) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;VI) SEEKING THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF LAWFUL DIFFERENCE, WHATEVER THE BACKGROUND OF INDIVIDUALS OR COMMUNITIES;VII) PROMOTING BEST PRACTICE AND THE SHARING OF IDEAS IN THE AREAS OF COHESION, INTEGRATION AND INTERCULTURAL INTERVENTIONS;VIII) DEVELOPING IDEAS, CREATING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AND BUILDING CAPACITY, COMPETENCE AND CONFIDENCE FOR ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THIS FIELD.(B) THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR COHESION AND INTEGRATION POLICY AND PRACTICE BY IDENTIFYING AND DISSEMINATING BEST PRACTICE IN COHESION AND INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES, WHERE:‘THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR’ MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS; ANDI) CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES; ANDII) VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.