IV) No-one may be elected a Trustee or an Officer at any annual general meeting unless prior to the meeting the Charity is given a notice that:

a) is signed by a member entitled to vote at the meeting;

b) states the member’s intention to propose the appointment of a person as a Trustee or as an officer;

c) is signed by the person who is to be proposed to show his or her willingness to be appointed.

V)

a) The appointment of a trustee whether by the Charity in general meeting or by the other Trustees must not cause the number of Trustees to exceed any number fixed in accordance with this constitution as the maximum number of Trustees.
b) The Trustees may not appoint a person to be an Officer if a person has already been elected or appointed to that office and has no vacated the office.

I) The Trustees must manage the business of the Charity and they have the following powers in order to further the Objects (but not for any other purpose):

a) To raise funds. In doing so, the Trustees must not undertake any substantial permanent trading activity and must comply with any relevant statutory regulations;

b) To buy, take on lease or in exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any property and to maintain and equip it for use.

c) To sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the property belonging to the charity. In exercising this power, the Trustees must comply as appropriate with sections 36 and 37 of the charities Act 1993.

d) To borrow money and to charge the whole or any part of he property belonging to the Charity as security for repayment of the money borrowed. The Trustees must comply as appropriate with sections 38 and 39 of the Charities Act 1993 if they intend to mortgage land.

e) To co-operate with other charities, voluntary bodies and statutory authorities and to exchange information and advice with them.

f) To establish or support any charitable trusts, associations or institutions formed for any of the charitable purposes included in the Objects.

g) To acquire, merge with or enter into any partnership or joint venture arrangement with any other charity formed for any of the Objects.

h) To set aside income as a reserve against future expenditure but only in accordance with a written policy about reserves.

i) To obtained and pay for such goods and services as are necessary for carrying out work of the Charity.

j) To obtain and pay for such goods and services as are necessary for carrying out the work of the Charity.

k) To open and operate such bank and other accounts, as the Trustees consider necessary and to invest funds and to delegate the management of funds in the same conditions as the trustees are permitted to do by the Trustee Act 2000.

l) To do all other lawful things as are necessary fort the achievement of the Objects.

II) No alteration of this constitution or any special resolution shall have retrospective effect to invalidate any prior act of the Trustees.

III) Any meeting of Trustees at which a quorum is present at the time the relevant decision is made may exercise all the powers exercisable by the Trustees.

A Trustee Shall cease to hold office if he or she:

I) is disqualified from acting as a Trustee by virtue of section 72 of the Charities Act 1993 (or any statutory re-enactment or modification of that provision);

II) cease to be a member of the Charity;

III) becomes incapable by reason of mental disorder, illness or injury of managing and administering his or her own affairs;

IV) resigns as a Trustee by notice to the Charity (but only if at least two Trustees will remain in office when the notice of resignation is to take effect); or

V) is absent without permission of the Trustees from all their meetings held within a period of six consecutive months and the Trustees resolve that his or her office is vacated.