Guidance

Example Objects - Social Inclusion

Published 10 May 2013

Applies to England and Wales

Example Objects

• “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 or 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).”

• “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 part of society, as a result of being a member of a socially and economically deprived community.”

• “To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by working with people in (insert geographical area of operation) who are socially excluded on the grounds of their ethnic origin, religion, belief or creed (in particular, members of the Muslim community) to relieve the needs of such people and assist them to integrate into society, in particular by:

  1. providing a local network group that encourages and enables members of the Muslim community to participate more effectively with the wider community;

  2. increasing, or co-ordinating, opportunities for members of the Muslim community to engage with service providers, to enable those providers to adapt services to better meet the needs of that community.”

• “The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit amongst people between the ages of 16 to 30 who are socially excluded by providing them with an opportunity to build capacity by establishing and growing a business to relieve the needs of those people and assist them to integrate into society.

  (For the purposes of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means ‘young people between the ages of 16 to 30 years of age who are excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; race; gender; poor educational or skills attainment; disability; ethnic origin; or who are within, or have experienced, the public care or penal system’).”

• “The promotion of social inclusion among deaf parents and their children who are socially excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of being deaf by:

  1. providing education and information to support and enable deaf parents to maximise educational opportunities for their children;

  2. raising public awareness of the issues affecting deaf parents and their children, both generally and in relation to their social exclusion;

  3. providing workshops, forums, advocacy and general support;

  4. providing recreational facilities and opportunities for deaf and hearing people.”

• “The promotion of social inclusion among elderly persons who are excluded from society because they are house-bound, or who are unable to drive or easily access public transport, by the provision of:

  1. a transport service to and from recreational and public services;

  2. outings and social trips including transport to and from home;

  3. information technology at home to enable them to access the internet”.

• “The promotion of social inclusion among single parents and their children, who are excluded from society, or parts of society, due to their social and economic position by the provision of a crèche, play scheme and drop in support and education centre to enable single parents and their children to develop and gain new skills”.

• “The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit among people who are refugees and asylum seekers who are socially excluded on the grounds of their social and economic position, by providing:

  1. education and training in the English language and in vocational skills;

  2. social and recreational facilities and events involving the local community.”

Please refer to the publication:The promotion of social inclusion