3.1 to assist in the provision of care for people with advancing and progressive long-term health conditions and terminal illness who are principally resident in wolverhampton, dudley, walsall, sandwell and the counties of shropshire and south and east staffordshire and any additional locations as agreed by the directors, primarily but not exclusively through:
3.1.1 undertaking appropriate ancillary activities and services including the provision of residential care and care co-ordination of palliative and social care services;
3.1.2 conducting or promoting research into the care and treatment of people with progressive long-term conditions; and
3.1.3 the advancement of education in the provision of palliative care and related disciplines.