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(1) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL OR EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES OR DISADVANTAGES) BY PROVIDING EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPEUTIC AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT MAY ALSO INVOLVE OTHER ANIMALS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY
(2) TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CARE, PROTECTION, TREATMENT AND SECURITY FOR ANIMALS WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL-USAGE AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE IN GENERAL AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONG ANIMALS
IN SUB-CLAUSE (1), "EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES" WILL ENCOMPASS THOSE BENEFICIARIES WHO STRUGGLE WITH LOW SELF-ESTEEM OR SELF-CONFIDENCE, OR HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS OR IN REGULATING EMOTIONS (SUCH AS ANGER, ANXIETY AND SADNESS), OR WHO LACK EMOTIONAL STABILITY AND RESILIENCE.
"DISADVANTAGES" WILL ENCOMPASS THOSE BENEFICIARIES WHO EXPERIENCE SOCIAL OR EDUCATIONAL EXCLUSION OR LACK OF OPPORTUNITY, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT FACTORS SUCH AS SOCIO-ECONOMIC OR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND OR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, COMMUNICATIONAL, BEHAVIOURAL OR EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE 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).
