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The objects of the CIO are to relieve the need, suffering and distress of Beneficiaries, in particular by: • Enabling Beneficiaries to meet each other to provide reassurance and comfort to one another. • Providing an opportunity to Beneficiaries to share coping strategies. and • Encouraging self-motivation amongst Beneficiaries for recovery from secondary trauma. Beneficiaries must be at least 18 years of age. In this objects clause: 1. 'Beneficiaries' shall mean: a) the families, partners, relatives and other dependants of members and former members of the British Armed Forces. and b) the families, partners, relatives and other dependants of members and former members of any Allied Forces Unit. 2. 'Allied Forces Unit' shall mean any unit of any foreign military body allied to His Majesty's Armed Forces at the time of the Member's service.