Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Policy campaigning and advocacy

The objective of 1st Walton 'Viking' Sea Scout Group is to provide good quality water activities to the young people of Walton-On-Thames area under the policy, organisation & rules of the Scout Association.

The advancement of the education of the public by providing and maintaining a museum of artefacts and specimens relating to the natural sciences, natural history, archaeology, literature, music, the fine art and decorative arts, antiquities and local history relating in particular to the Island of Portland.

The Fund was created in 1997 to raise awareness of mesothelioma, fund research, support patients and carers and, more recently, to campaign for the Mesothelioma Charter.

The objectives of the Foundation are the relief of sickness and the preservation and protection of health by advancing public education in the prevention and proper treatment of disease and ill health by the correct use of medicines and other forms of therapy.

The charity's objects are, for the public benefit, to promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) throughout the world. The charity has conducted legal and policy work with authorities, international organizations and with national and local civil society organizations on behalf of migrants and refugees.

To promote and advance the education of the public by developing public appreciation and understanding of visual art by any means including in particular by holding, maintaining, augmenting and exhibiting works of art including a collection of 20th Century British Art

The objects of the Durham Music Trust CIO are: To advance the education of the public, with a focus on children and young people, in the art and science of music in particular but not exclusively in County Durham and Darlington by raising capital and revenue funds to: 1. Support young people in their musical endeavours through a range of musical education programmes; 2. Support Durham

To propagate the Christian faith in India. To relieve poverty, sickness and distress by the provision of food, shelter, clothing and medical care. To advance education of the public particularly children.To provide financial support for orphanage, medical centre, school, pastors, bible college and for the training of tailoring skills.

To advance public education in, and appreciation of British and Multicultural Folk Arts (including traditional and contemporary folk music, dance, crafts and spoken word such as poetry and storytelling) in Chester and surrounding area through the staging of an annual folk festival and the provision of a range of participatory workshops, activities and other events throughout the year.

1. The advancement of the arts and culture2. The advancement of education of the public in performing arts3. Help young people through provision of education in performing arts4. The promotion of the above for the benefit of the inhabitants of Cobham and surrounding areas

To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the Elvaston Estate.To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the Elvaston Estate.

To provide affordable studio spaces and an artists network and support for artists with particular reference to the areas of Fine Art, Craft and Design. To advance public education through the promotion of an appreciation for excellence in the arts.

The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) offers education about alternative arguments about, proposals for, and problems concerning, basic income as idea, institution, and public policy practice. BIEN organises public conferences around the world on an annual basis and serves as a repository of published research.

IDEAS' mission is to improve and extend the practice of development evaluation by refining methods, capacity and fostering its ownership and use,particularly in developing and transitional countries.It seeks to improve the practice of development evaluation and to promote it as an instrument of and accountability in making and implementing public policy.

The objects of the Council are to advance public education in the core subject of computer science and in the wider context of computing and its applications.

To advance education for the public benefit by raising public awareness of the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 and by encouraging and facilitating the study in the legacy and lessons of that Campaign, keeping alive the memory of the Campaign and ensuring that all who fought or served in it, and those who gave their lives, are not forgotten by applying such means as the Trustees deem fit.

Chesterfield Operatic Society (COS) is one of the oldest amateur musical theatre companies in the country, being first established in 1905. Through the presentation of public events and the performance of shows we aim to advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the dramatic and operatic arts in chesterfield and the surrounding area.

(1) research and education in the treatment of persons suffering from chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and related disorders; and (2) relief of such persons by (a) development and provision of policy guidelines for such treatment, and (b) promotion of communication and exchange of information between research groups and healthcare professionals.

Training and development of boys and girls from 6 to 18years of age in accordance with the Policy,Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association.

Neath Little Theatre exists to advance the education of the public in Neath and surrounding areas in all aspects of the dramatic art and the development of public appreciation of such art. We maintain and look after the Theatre building on Westernmoor Road, Neath and facilities for the presentation of public performances.

(i) to advance the education of the public and in particular the education of older people no longer in full time gainful employment in Thorpe Bay and its surrounding locality. (ii) the provision of facilities for leisure time and recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the above persons in the interests of their social welfare.

The Heywood Foundation will take forward its belief in innovative policy creation and diversity through various public policy challenges.

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UK TO ASSIST THE LESS ADVANTAGED TO PURSUE PROFESSIONAL CAREERS ACROSS VARIOUS INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LEGAL INDUSTRY, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RESOURCES AND INFORMATION TO LESS ADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN PROFESSIONAL FIELDS OF WORK ACROSS THE UK.

To advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its aspects by any means the trustees see fit, including through the presentation of public concerts and recitals.To further such charitable purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion shall think fit but in particular through the making of grants and donations.

The object of the CIO is for the benefit of the public to promote co-operation in Europe and elsewhere between non-profit making professional scientific and technical societies which share among their aims advancing the science and education of the public in chemical engineering and encouraging the development of chemical engineering and any ancillary purpose the trustees may think fit