Masonic Halls Trust

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AMONG ELDERLY PERSONS WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY DUE TO THEIR AGE AND SOCIAL ISOLATION, BY THE PROVISION OF:• LUNCH AND CHAT SESSIONS AND OTHER SOCIAL EVENTS AIMED AT OLDER PEOPLE• TRANSPORT TO AND FROM THESE EVENTS• PROVIDING GRANTS TO THE LOCAL CARE HOME SO THAT THEY MAY PROVIDE EVENTS• PROVIDING GRANTS TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATION WITH SIMILAR OBJECTSTHE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL OR OTHER SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY, THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING SERVICES TO THOSE COPING WITH GRIEF AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY INCLUSION’ MEANS MITIGATING EXCLUSION FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; HOMELESSNESS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).