Sunrise Diversity

1) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION IN ALL ITS FORMS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND, PRINCIPALLY IN NORTHERN DEVON, INCLUDING ON THE GROUNDS OF AGE, RACE, ETHNICITY, CULTURE, COUNTRY OF BIRTH, DISABILITY AND/OR PHYSICAL ABILITIES, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER REASSIGNMENT, RELIGION, BELIEF, PREGNANCY AND MATERNITY, MARRIAGE AND CIVIL PARTNERSHIP, OR LIFESTYLE CHOICES;(B) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS IN ISSUES RELATING TO EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(C) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS; AND(D) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR IN NORTHERN DEVON.(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, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO:(A) IMPROVE THE SKILLS, CAPACITY AND UNDERSTANDING OF PEOPLE IN SOCIALLY EXCLUDED GROUPS ACROSS NORTHERN DEVON TO ENABLE THEM TO CHALLENGE DISCRIMINATION AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS; AND(B) ENGAGE THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN ACTIVITIES TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF SOCIALLY EXCLUDED PEOPLE AND THE BENEFITS OF A SOCIALLY INCLUSIVE SOCIETY, AND TO ENCOURAGE GREATER PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF, AND ENGAGEMENT WITH PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED.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).”