Interact Church And Community Partnership

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN MEANWOOD, LEEDS, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOCUSING ON THE ‘MEANWOOD 7 ESTATES’*, BY • THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING, INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE BENEFICIARIES AND TACKLE EFFECTS OF FINANCIAL AND CULTURAL POVERTY. • THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE BENEFICIARIES, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN MEANWOOD, BY: • THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES THAT DRAW TOGETHER A DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE FROM ACROSS MEANWOOD AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS, WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING SOCIAL COHESION AND TACKLING EXCLUSION RESULTING FROM HARDSHIP AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. • THE PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERING, BY SUPPORTING LOCAL PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY ROLES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANISATION AND THE RUNNING OF ITS ACTIVITIES. • THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR, THROUGH ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY FORUMS AND PUBLIC SECTOR BODIES, TO THE BENEFIT OF THE MEANWOOD COMMUNITY, AND PARTICULARLY THE ‘MEANWOOD 7 ESTATES’* 3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN MEANWOOD, BY: • WORKING AS A PARTNERSHIP OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, OPERATING AND DELIVERING ACTIVITIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES. * THE ‘MEANWOOD 7 ESTATES’ IS THE NAME GIVEN LOCALLY TO A NUMBER OF AREAS IN MEANWOOD, LEEDS, WHICH SEE HIGHER LEVELS OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND POOR HEALTH IN COMPARISON TO NEIGHBOURING AREAS. MOST OF THEM RANK REPEATEDLY IN THE TOP 2% OF THE GOVERNMENT’S INDICES OF MULTIPLE DEPRIVATION.