The Charles Gordon Trust

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH PARTS OF LONDON AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: • PROVIDING PRACTICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH OBTAINING SECURE EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING; • PROVIDING MENTORING AND ADVOCACY SUPPORT AND A SIGNPOSTING SERVICE TO AGENCIES WHO CAN PROVIDE APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS AND TO COMMUNITY GROUPS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT THEM.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY A MEMBER OF THE BAME COMMUNITY.