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THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THETFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) PROVIDING HOMELESS PEOPLE, THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, AND THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY WITH ESSENTIALS SUCH AS FOOD, HYGIENE ITEMS, CLOTHING, FURNITURE, SLEEPING EQUIPMENT, HAIRCUTS AND ANY OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS THEY MAY NEED; B) PROVIDING SUPPORT, ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO THE HOMELESS, THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY; C) ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY AND STATUTORY ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, VULNERABLY HOUSED AND LIVING IN POVERTY TO BETTER MEET THEIR NEEDS AND IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS; D) PROMOTING AWARENESS OF HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY IN THETFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. 2) 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 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).