4.
The Foundation objects are for public benefit and
charitable purposes, in seeking to promote the prevention and
control of psychological diseases in human beings and
therefore setting out to ultimately create the Ideal Human
Environment (IHE).
4.1
In
support of these objects, the Foundation may carry out any of
the following:-
4.1.1
research how to detect, prevent or
treat psychological diseases and develop cross-disciplinary
methods of doing so;
4.1.2
conduct intensive research into the cause of
psychological disease and investigate the causal connection,
if any, between psychological disease and physical
disease;
4.1.3
record, promote and make known the discoveries of the
research through such mediums as the publication and
distribution of papers, journals, electronic mediums, Theses, book
publications and
any other means the Board considers appropriate or
necessary.
4.1.4
provide information about prevention or control to
sufferers of psychological disease, carers and the public by
conducting education/promotional activities or projects or by
any means thought
desirable;
4.1.5
make available training or advise to carers and health
professionals as to the methods of controlling, preventing and
treating psychological
diseases;
4.1.6
develop co-operative and cross-disciplinary approaches
to deal with the control and prevention of psychological and
physical diseases;
4.1.7
provide support, stability, treating, caring or assistance for
persons suffering from psychological disease with financial
support, emotional counselling, mentor provision or any other
support deemed
appropriate;
4.1.8
pursue such other functions and activities as are
consistent with or incidental to these objects.
5.
The functions of the Foundation
are:
5.1
primarily to operate and fund a research team that
functions 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, whose purpose is to
research human psychological disease by studying a
cross-section of human behaviour in a variety of emotional,
social and physical conditions, circumstances and
environments;
5.2
to provide, co-ordinate, fundraise, arrange or lobby
for the provision of resources and services for the carrying
out of its objects;
5.3
to fund members of the research team undertaking study
(from primary through to tertiary) for the purpose of
furthering and disseminating the
research;
5.4
to raise funds by any lawful means and to invest, apply
and disburse such funds by or for any lawful means or purpose
in a manner consistent with its
objects;
5.5
to acquire and/or manage property, including real
property for the purpose of furthering and in a manner
consistent with the
objects;
5.2
to acquire and/or manage property, including real
property for the purpose of raising funds to apply towards the
objects;
5.3
to acquire and/or manage any legacies and bequests, or
any property, including real
property;
5.4
to trade funds of the SPED Foundation on the Australian
Stock Exchange and any other foreign equities exchange the
Board deems appropriate, for the purpose of raising funds in
furtherance and in a manner consistent with the
objects;
