Objectives
The primary objectives of the this Association is to work in the interest of the senior citizens, by improving the quality of life of its members, generating fellowship among seniors and other ethnic groups, and promoting the language and culture of the Tamils. The Association achieves this by fostering a supportive and engaging environment for seniors to come together, share experiences, and participate in cultural, educational, social and recreational activities for their benefit.
The Official Objectives of the Association are:
- To foster, preserve and promote the language and culture of the Tamils and generate fellowship amongst the Tamil community
- To strive to establish the right of Senior Citizens, as in the case of Age Pensioners, to provide themselves with a standard of living not less than they would have been able to provide, but for their unavoidable position of being aged or deprived of their capacity to earn.
- To promote and work in the interest of Senior Citizens to increase their living standards and quality of life by keeping the Association’s needs before the Government and the community and to initiate, assist and participate in projects intended for the welfare of the elderly.
- To provide for the relief of persons who are in poverty or necessitous circumstances, are exploited or oppressed, are in mental or physical suffering, are deprived of human rights, have little or no dignity, or are otherwise socially disadvantaged.
- To maintain cordial links and co-ordinate activities with similar organizations in Australia and be secular and non-party political.
- To maintain cordial and friendly relations with all ethnic communities in Australia.
- To assist the elderly migrants to settle and integrate into the Australian society.
- To plan, direct and carry out cultural, educational, benevolent, social and recreational activities for the benefit of its members in conjunction, if necessary, with other organizations within or outside the country.
- To organize social and recreational activities and generate fellowship amongst the Senior Citizens.
- To have affiliate bodies comprising of its members, and they shall be designated by pre fixing the genitive of the Association for them to be identified as affiliates of the Association.
The Committee of the Association shall annually nominate two representatives to the executive of each of these affiliate bodies, from its members or from members of the Association, in keeping with the Constitution of the affiliate body, who are not already constituent members of its executive, and they shall hold office from one AGM of the affiliate body to the next.
However, in the event of a vacancy occurring due to resignation, death or otherwise of a member so nominated, the committee shall nominate a replacement to function for the remaining period of the term of office. - To establish and maintain recreational, educational and cultural community Centres, community homes, and any other schemes that will promote the welfare of our members
- To create a Building Fund and to engage in fund raising activities for the purpose of building a Community Hall for the Association
- The Association shall:
- Undertake such activities that it deems are beneficial to the community, including activities of a benevolent nature and provide such services as will further its objectives defined above,
- Generally engage in and execute such other acts, deeds or things, as are or may be necessary for or incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objectives of the Association.
