A wide concept which is strongly linked to poverty. Many definitions exist, however it could be briefly described as exclusion from the things society expects people to be able to do, for example work [..]

Being excluded from full participation in education, work, community life and access to services and other aspects of life seen as part of being a full and participating member of mainstream society.

The European Commission (2004) defines social exclusion as: ‘a process whereby certain individuals are pushed to the edge of society and prevented from participating fully by virtue of their poverty, or lack of basic competencies and lifelong learning opportunities, or as a result of discrimination. This distances them from job, income and educatio [..]

The various ways in which people are excluded from the accepted norms within a society. Exclusion can be economic, social, religious or political.

Exclusion from accepted norms through unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, high crime environments, bad health and family breakdown.

A shorthand term for what can happen when people or areas suffer from a combination of linked problems such as unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, high crime environments, bad health [..]