To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the public and particularly, but not limited to, the public who live and work in the london borough of lewisham and surrounding boroughs, including: a) to promote volunteering, time banking, the giving of time and skills to engage and support local residents including those considered to be suffering from the disadvantage of social exclusion; b) to promote philanthropy to relieve poverty distress and sickness in the interests of social welfare with the aim of improving the conditions of life of the public; c) to promote and broker partnership working, and training within the voluntary and charitable sector, statutory and private sectors, in the interests of the furtherance of and achievements of the above purposes.