Vetlife

4. The object for which the Fund is established is the relief of the charitable needs of veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses and their relatives or dependants in particular by:(a) providing financial and other assistance to deserving veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses resident in the UK, Channel Islands or Isle of Man who are in need and are or have been included on the Register of Veterinary Surgeons, or the Register of Veterinary Nurses held by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons;(b) providing financial and other assistance to the deserving relatives and dependants of deceased and retired veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses. In this sub-clause “relatives or dependants” will include such persons as the Directors shall from time to time determine;(c) providing a helpline for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses and their relatives or dependants, and for undergraduate veterinary surgeons and student veterinary nurses enrolled on a UK veterinary degree programme, who seek help on health or other social problems;(d) providing for the relief of mental and physical illness, associated with compulsive behaviour or stress or depression, which may or may not result from alcohol or drug addiction or other forms of dependence, in order to allow veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses to continue with their professional duties and safeguard the public interest; (e) raising awareness of the problems in the veterinary professions associated with mental and depressive disease, drug and alcohol abuse and other forms of compulsive behaviour; and(f) carrying out or funding research in furtherance of the Fund’s charitable objects.