a) advance community development and citizenship by developing the knowledge and skills of members of socially and economically disadvantaged rural communities through capacity building, education and training in such a way that they are better able to identify and help meet their needs and to participate more fully in society.
b) challenge inequality and discrimination that exists in rural communities by undertaking activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds in order to improve community cohesion, promote human rights, encourage sharing and integration and promote the value of difference and diversity.
c) highlight the issues of poverty and deprivation that exist in rural communities by undertaking and supporting research into factors that contribute to poverty and deprivation, seeking the most appropriate ways to mitigate these and developing activities that will prevent and relieve poverty and deprivation.
d) promote the sustainable development for the benefit of rural communities by
- the preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of natural resources;
- the relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged rural communities;
- the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration.
e) promote such other charitable purposes, as may from time to time be determined.
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