The Jericho Foundation

What the charity does

To seek out and engage those who experience the greatest barriersTo help our clients gain relevant vocational skillsTo help clients to overcome their personal barriers and become fulfilled individualsTo provide real work experience for our clientsTo help clients gain sustainable employmentTo develop and run successful social enterprise businessesTo be good stewards of the environment

Charitable objects

The charity’s objects (‘objects’) are specifically restricted to the following charitable purposes for the benefit of the public in the city of birmingham and elsewhere:I. To promote the relief of those in need, hardship, distress or other disadvantage due to youth, age, financial hardship, poverty, illness, disability or homelessness.ii. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.for the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one of more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing; crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society).iii. The relief of unemployment for the benefit of the public in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment.iv. To provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants of the said city.v. To pursue any other charitable purpose which the charity thinks fit for pursuit in conjunction with any of the charitable purposes aforesaid which are pursued out under a Christian ethos

Area of benefit: Birmingham

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 AUGUST 1993 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 2 FEBRUARY 1994 AND 13 MARCH 2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22 OCT 2020AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16 DEC 2020 as amended on 24 Dec 2020