The object of the cg is to promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people
from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded
and assisting them to integrate into society
for the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, or parts of
society, as a result of one of more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship;
youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including
alcohol and drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion,
belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment;
relationship and family breakdown; poor housing (that is housing that does not meet basic
habitable standards; crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into
society)
