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The Company is established for the promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in Northern Ireland by the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress. In furtherance of its objects, and for no other purposes, the Company shall have power: (a) to encourage the provision of Citizens Advice Bureaux which will provide a free, confidential and impartial service of advice, information and counsel for the public, and to assist the implementation of such advice, information and counsel; (b) to provide for member Bureaux an efficient service of information and training, and to assist in the development of new Bureaux; (c) to ensure that adequate standards are maintained by all member Bureaux; (c) (i) to support, assist, guarantee, or assume responsibility for any part of the affairs, business, liabilities, obligations, or services of a member bureau if in the opinion of the Board of the Company such member bureau has conducted or managed, or is considered by the Board as likely to conduct or manage, its affairs in such a manner so as to cause, loss, damage or harm to the business, standing or reputation of the member bureau, the Company or of citizens advice bureaux generally or the services provided by any of them; and in the exercise of such power the Company shall for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation be entitled to provide direct or indirect financial assistance to a member bureau, to guarantee the liabilities or obligations of a member bureau to a third party, and to nominate one or more persons to be a director of a member bureau, on such terms and conditions as the Company may think appropriate. (d) to cause to be written and printed, or otherwise reproduced and circulated, gratuitously or otherwise, reports and other documents; (e) to hold exhibitions, meetings, lectures and classes, either alone or with others; (f) to foster and undertake research into any aspect of the objects of the Company and its work and to disseminate the results of any such research; (g) to maintain an active link of communication between the public and government, local government and other public and charitable bodies, by: (i) explaining legislation and regulations to the public generally and individually; (ii) feeding back to those bodies the needs and reactions of the public; (h) to provide evidence for government and other inquiries;

Also known as

• Citizens Advice

CCNI Charity number

103461

Registered

02 June 2015

Postcode

BT43 7NU

Website

citizensadvice.co.uk

Domain

citizensadvice.co.uk