The Youth Endowment Fund Charitable Trust

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES, TO:1.1 PROMOTE SAFE AND CRIME FREE COMMUNITIES; 1.2 PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH AND SAVE LIVES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES, COUNSELLING, SUPPORT AND ADVICE;1.3 PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY AND HARDSHIP; AND1.4 ADVANCE ANY OTHER COMPLEMENTARY CHARITABLE PURPOSE THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, IN EACH CASE WITH A FOCUS ON CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK OF OFFENDING OR WHO ARE OFFENDERS OR EX-OFFENDERS, AND THOSE WHO ARE (OR ARE AT RISK OF) BEING ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE OR OTHER HARM AS A RESULT OF CRIME IN ENGLAND AND WALES, INCLUDING BY WORKING TOGETHER WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE FAMILIES, CARERS AND COMMUNITIES; AND1.5 ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE:1.5.1 WHO ARE OR WHO ARE AT RISK OF OFFENDING OR WHO ARE OFFENDERS OR EX-OFFENDERS; OR1.5.2 WHO ARE OR WHO ARE AT RISK OF BEING ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE OR OTHER HARM AS A RESULT OF CRIME IN ENGLAND AND WALES, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;1.6 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE OR WHO ARE AT RISK OF BEING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AS A RESULT OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; AND1.6.1 WHO ARE AT RISK OF OFFENDING OR WHO ARE OFFENDERS OR EX-OFFENDERS, OR1.6.2 WHO ARE OR WHO ARE AT RISK OF BEING ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE OR OTHER HARM AS A RESULT OF CRIME IN ENGLAND AND WALES; BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.1.7 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE RESEARCH INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF CRIME AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF INTERVENTION WHICH SEEK TO REDUCE CRIME AND ITS IMPACT AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.IN THESE OBJECTS: “OFFENDING” MEANS COMMITTING A CRIMINAL OFFENCE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES;“OFFENDER” MEANS SOMEONE WHO HAS CARRIED OUT A CRIMINAL OFFENCE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WHO MAY BE SERVING A SENTENCE FOR A CRIMINAL OFFENCE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES; OR HAVE ESCAPED DETECTION OR HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF IN ANOTHER WAY THAT DIVERTS THEM AWAY FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM); AND“EX-OFFENDER” MEANS SOMEONE WHO HAS SERVED A SENTENCE FOR A CRIMINAL OFFENCE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES OR HAS COMMITTED A CRIMINAL OFFENCE BUT CEASED TO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.