The East Lancashire Masonic Charity

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND ASSISTANCE PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN EAST LANCASHIRE TO PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY EAST LANCASHIRE MASONS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS OR THE DEPENDENTS OF SUCH DECEASED MASONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR POVERTY AND TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE TO SUCH OTHER MASONIC AND NON-MASONIC CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ("THE BOARD") OF THE INSTITUTION SHALL DECIDE.(B) THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF NEEDY OR DECEASED FREEMASONS.(C) TO AFFORD CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FREEMASONS OR THEIR WIDOWS OR TO ANY OF THEIR OTHER DEPENDENT RELATIVES, AS THE BOARD SHALL DECIDE.(D) TO MAKE GRANTS IN CASH OR IN KIND FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELIEVING THE IMMEDIATE AND PRESSING NEEDS OF IMPOVERISHED FREEMASONS, OR THEIR FAMILIES, OR, IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, OTHER DEPENDENT RELATIVES, AS THE BOARD SHALL DECIDE, WHETHER PERMANENTLY RESIDENT WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF EAST LANCASHIRE OR NOT.(E)TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THROUGH ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE OPERATION OF A MUSEUM RELATING TO THE HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF FREEMASONS.(F) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC LIVING PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE EAST LANCASHIRE AREA AS THE BOARD OF THE CHARITY SHALL SEE FIT.