Our Aims
VISION STATEMENT
'To make a positive impact on the lives of young people and children in rural Suffolk'
MISSION STATEMENT
'To deliver innovative, high quality and professional youth and children's work and to facilitate the social, emotional, physical and spiritual development of young people and children.'
Aims and objectives
* Focusing our resources on the needs of young people and children in the Farlingaye catchment area:
* Developing strategic partnerships that enable us to use our resources more effectively;
* Continually developing our staff;
* Supporting and training our volunteers;
* Developing a wider base of supporters;
* Developing sustainable income streams.
* Training and developing young leaders.
* To uphold our commitment to Child protection and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Our ‘charitable objects’ (legal speak for objectives) have been set to allow the organisation to grow and develop in response to future needs and changes in demography, vision and what is identified as best practice. They have to be written in language that is acceptable to the Charity Commissioners, which can sound a bit old-fashioned and legalistic! We also wanted to be clear that we serve all children and young people from a clearly Christian value base.
Our objects are:
1. To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs appearing in the Schedule hereto in the County of Suffolk and elsewhere as the directors of the Charity may from time to time think fit and to fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales and are connected with the charitable work of the trust.
2. To provide facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interest of social welfare for young people with the object of improving the conditions of life for such persons in said County and elsewhere as the trustees may from time to time think fit.
3. To advance education amongst young people, particularly but not exclusively in the areas of:- citizenship; debt and personal financial management; the awareness of drug, alcohol and other substance addiction and abuse; the gaining and maintaining of employment and accommodation and similar matters by such means as the trustees may consider appropriate in the said County and elsewhere as the trustees may from time to time think fit.
4. To relieve persons, particularly young people, who are in conditions of need or hardship or who are sick (including those experiencing mental or emotional suffering) and to relieve distress associated therewith, including by means of providing advice, counsel, assistance and support to such persons in the said County and elsewhere as the trustees may from time to time think fit.