Applecast Limited

What the charity does

CAST NW provides educational opportunities, training, entry to employment courses and constructive leisure opportunities to clients as a means of increasing social inclusion, promoting employment and reducing offensive and anti-social behaviour. CAST provides individual learning plans leading to nationally accredited educational programmes through OCN course including information technology.

Charitable objects

(1) To provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life and developing their mental, physical and moral capabilities; (2) To promote education and provide training in such ways as the trustees think fit, including (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) the provision of training to develop vocational skills relating to agriculture, farming, horticulture and animal husbandry; 3) to assist in such ways as the trustees think fit any organisation whose aims include advancing education by developing their mental, physical and moral capabilities through leisure time activities.

Area of benefit: Not Defined. in Practice. Wigan

Governing document: Memorandum and articles of association incorporated 27 march 2006 as amended by special resolution 14 december 2007 and 8 february 2010as amended by special resolution registered at companies house on 18 aug 2016as amended by special resolution registered at companies house on 30 nov 2017