Communities Housing Trust

Constitutional objectives

((1) To provide, or assist in the provision of housing for persons in necessitous circumstances, in the Highlands and Islands Electoral Region of the Scottish Parliament or such other area that may replace it ('the Primary Operating Area') and outside the said Highlands and Islands Electoral Region but always within Scotland ('the Secondary Operating Area') (2) To relieve the needs of persons suffering from mental or physical disability, illness or impairment or old age, through the provision, or assistance in the provision, of housing specially adapted to meet their requirements, primarily, but not exclusively, in the Primary Operating Area. (3) To promote education, particularly in the field of housing, primarily, but not exclusively, in the Primary Operating Area. (4) To promote, establish, operate and/or support schemes and projects of a charitable nature, which promote inclusion, sustainability and wellbeing provided always that these are not dealt with on a commercial basis, for the benefit of communities in the Primary and Secondary Operating Areas. (5) To promote the advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration and the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities) in the Primary and Secondary Operating Area.