Dudley Resourcing Churches Trust

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN COOPERATION WITH THE MINISTER IN PROMOTING THE WHOLE MISSION OF THE CHURCH IN DUDLEY AND MORE WIDELY THROUGHOUT THE DIOCESE OF WORCESTER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BELIEFS, DOCTRINES AND PRACTICES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND (THE CHURCH), IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) RESOURCING THE CHURCH OF ST THOMAS & ST LUKE, DUDLEY AS A PLACE OF PUBLIC WORSHIP AND MISSION;B) SERVING AND REACHING THE COMMUNITY OF DUDLEY AND WIDER NETWORKS OF PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH THAT COMMUNITY;C) PROVIDING COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES IN DUDLEY WHICH BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY AND INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS, ADVANCING EDUCATION AND LEARNING, ADDRESSING SOCIAL WELFARE NEEDS, AND PROVIDING LEISURE TIME AND RECREATION OCCUPATION;D) IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DUDLEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BY DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PREVENTING OR RELIEVING POVERTY, AND PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION;E) RESOURCING THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH MORE WIDELY BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND TEAMS OF PEOPLE FOR CHURCH PLANTING AND RENEWAL ELSEWHERE;F) CONTRIBUTING, INCLUDING FINANCIALLY TO THE WORK OF THE CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE DIOCESE OF WORCESTER.