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Example – charitable objectives
The object of the English Dominican Congregation (Stone) Charitable Fund
is the furtherance of the Roman Catholic faith. The charity aims to support the religious and other charitable works carried on by the members of the congregation and to care for those members throughout their lives within the congregation.
When setting the objectives and planning the work of the charity for the year, and when encouraging the work of individual sisters, the trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public bene t.
HOW MUCH INFORMATION IS NEEDED IN RESPECT TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CHARITY AND MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE?
Once the objectives have been stated, there needs to be a context given to them by describing the main activities of the members and of the charity. Typically, this may include caring for members of the institute, the social and pastoral work of individual members, the operation of schools and/or care homes or similar works, and the provision of grants and donations to other charities and/or their own institute overseas. Importantly, the charity should not shy away from describing the key work of the members which will be religious and faith based activities. Ideally, the descriptions of the activities should provide a coherent explanation of the strategies for achieving its aims and how each activity contributes to this.
For many religious institute charities, the age pro le of the members has affected both the work of those members and the application of the resources of the charity, with proportionately greater resources being applied towards the increasingly expensive care of members as they grow older and frail. It is helpful, therefore, for this section of the report to explain the age pro le to the reader and its impact on the focus of the charity’s work.
Key to enabling the religious institute charity to achieve its objectives is the contribution of individual members of the institute in giving or volunteering of their time. This needs to be explained together with some indication of the work carried out and the hours involved in order to enable the reader to fully understand the scale and nature of the activities undertaken.
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