Enhancing Qualifications and Social Development (Eqsd)

1) 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 BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE SUBJECTS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHS, AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS AND SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.(FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OFSOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLDAGE; 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 FAMILYBREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHERAS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC OF LEICESTER AND LEICESTERSHIRE IN THE SUBJECT OF: BESPOKE AND TAILOREDTRAINING; PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, NVQS, SECTOR-SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES.3) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF LEICESTER AND LEICESTERSHIRE, IN OTHER SUCH WAYS ASMAYBE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.