Free Spiritual Centre

1. advancement of education
(a) to advance the education of the public in the subject of sufism and spirituality and cultivate a sentiment in favour of equality and diversity.
(b) to advance the principles of sufism and spirituality in pendle and surrounding areas for the benefit of the public through the holding of meetings, lectures, public celebration of festivals, producing and/or distributing literature on sufism and spirituality to enlighten others.
2. promotion of social inclusion
to promote social inclusion for the public benefit by working with people in pendle and the surrounding area who are socially excluded on the grounds of their ethnic origin, religion, belief or creed (in particular, members of the muslim community) to relieve the needs of such people and assist them to integrate into society, in particular by:
(a) providing a local network group that encourages and enables members of the muslim community to participate more effectively with the wider community;
(b) increasing, or co-ordinating, opportunities for members of the muslim community to engage with service providers, to enable those providers to adapt services to better meet the needs of that community.
(c) to help young people, especially but not exclusively through leisure time activities, so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society.
3. promotion of racial and religious harmony
the promotion of racial and religious harmony for the public benefit by:
(a) promoting knowledge and mutual understanding between different racial groups;
(b) working towards the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race.
(c) educating the public in different religious beliefs including an awareness of their distinctive features and their common ground to promote good relations between persons of different faiths;
(d) promoting knowledge and mutual understanding and respect of the beliefs and practices of different religious faiths.